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How much time do you have to take an antibiotic drug to become resistance to that drug?
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Antibiotic resistant: You do not become resistant. The bug does. And it can start with the first dose. So the drug kills 99% but 1% lives and keeps growing you can quickly end up with an antibiotic resistant bug. It is survival of the fittest even for germs.
Answered 6/22/2017
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