After further conversation, your friend tells you that he stopped taking his initial antibiotics after two days because he “felt 100% better".  Please explain how this action might have played a role in the redevelopment of his infection.

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After further conversation, your friend tells you that he stopped taking his initial antibiotics after two days because he “felt 100% better".  Please explain how this action might have played a role in the redevelopment of his infection.

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In microorganisms antibiotic resistance can develop spontaneously through mutations. Alternatively, the bacteria that produces a certain antibiotic inherently has the mechanism to resist being killed by the same antibiotic. The bacteria might have an enzyme that modifies the antibiotic and thus inactivates it (example: chloramphenicol acetyl transferase) , or might have the ability to pump the antibiotic out of its cell.

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