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immunology and disease
overuse of antibiotics
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what are the two sources of
antibiotic resistant alleles
plasmids
containing the antibiotic resistant allele and bacteria that have high
mutation rates
What does overuse of antibiotics lead to?
an accidental selection of bacteria strains that are completely unaffected by some antibiotics
give two examples of bacteria that is
antibiotic
resistant
MRSA
and
clostridium difficile
when does
antibiotic resistant bacteria
have an advantage
when there is
antibiotics
present