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How Antibiotic Resistance Develops and Why It Matters

How can a medicine that once killed millions of bacteria eventually leave behind an infection it barely affects? The key is that resistance belongs to bacteria, not to the person carrying them. This section explains how an antibiotic can become less effective against a bacterial population even though the medicine itself has not changed.

How Antibiotic Resistance Develops and Why It Matters

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