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Look at it this way. We have been kicking the snot out of bacteria for over 60 years now. Bacteria are just like any other living thing, they will adapt to survive. Thus you have the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria like MRSA.
By the way, MRSA is getting a lot of press now but it has been a problem for at least the last 10 years or so.
It's an arms race with the bacteria, we have to develop new ways to kill them because they will adapt to make the old ones ineffective.
And to answer your question, yes, inappropriate antibiotic usage exposes the bacteria to the antibiotics more and thus allows them to gain more resistance unneccesarily. Both doctors and patients are to blame, think of how many times you might have gone to the doctor and wanted anti-biotics for a cold (which is viral and antibiotics have no effect on). If you haven't done it, I assure you lots of others have.
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Rick
1984 911 coupe
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