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Antibiotic Resistance and Its Association with Continuous Usage

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Antibiotic Resistance and Its Association with Continuous Usage

Question

Explain why continuous use of antibiotics results to resistance.

Answer

The antibiotic destroys the normal forms; of the bacteria while the mutant forms survive; when bacteria are exposed to antibiotics they become adapted to living in the presence of the drug; the gene is passed to the offspring therefore establishing a population of drug resistance.