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What are the benefits of antibiotic resistance?


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Antibiotic resistance:

  1. Microbes are living organisms that have evolved over time, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.
  2. Its main objective is to procreate, flourish, and spread swiftly and effectively.
  3. As a result, microbes modify themselves and adapt to their surroundings to secure their survival.
  4. When something, such as an antibiotic, inhibits a bacterium's capacity to proliferate, the microbe may undergo genetic alterations that help it survive.
  5. Drug resistance occurs when pathogens such as bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses no longer respond to medications that once efficiently controlled them.
  6. Antimicrobial resistance is mostly caused by an increase in antibiotic use.
  7. When antibiotics are used more frequently, few bacteria develop resistance. As a result, they have a better chance of surviving and growing, and the person is more vulnerable to infection.

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