BI-279
Antibiotic resistance
Biology · Secondary 3 · Medium · Antibiotic resistance
Why can overuse of antibiotics lead to more antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a population?
- Resistant bacteria survive treatment and reproduce, passing on resistance
- Antibiotics directly change bacterial DNA to make them resistant
- Overuse of antibiotics kills all bacteria, including resistant ones
- Antibiotics cause the immune system to stop working against bacteria
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