How does AMR develop?

Bacteria and other microbes are amazing creatures that adapt and evolve to survive. By mechanisms such as mutations or exchange of DNA, they can develop and acquire traits that make them resistant to antimicrobials medicines intended to kill them. Through these natural processes, new superbugs can thrive and spread.

“The illustration, in its simplicity, visualizes how bacteria and microbes mutate for their own survival. The DNA exchanges lead to the genesis of a new antibiotic-resistant bacterium (within the human silhouette), and the only one that survives despite the open capsule, which has no effect on it.”