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Antimicrobial (Drug) Resistance

Mutation

Diagram showing how genetic mutation causes drug resistance. Bacteria multiply by the millions. A few of these bacteria will mutate. Some mutations make the bacterium drug resistant. In the presense of drugs, only drug resistant bacteria survive. Drug resistant bacteria multiply and thrive.
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