What artificial or selective pressures could influence prevalence of antibiotic resistant microbes?

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Mandira P.
Jan 4, 2017

Unjustified and random use of antibiotic acts as selective pressure for evolution of antibiotic resistant microbes.

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Please read these two answers to understand that antibiotic resistance is a naturally occurring variation within bacterial population, but the selection pressure increases due to careless human activity.

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