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<blockquote data-quote="JMN" data-source="post: 297353" data-attributes="member: 8469"><p>Uh, no.</p><p></p><p>Taking antibiotics does not encourage or create antibiotic resistant bacteria. Never has never will. Same idea as not vaccinating your kids since you got vaccinated. Non-genetic traits do not get passed.</p><p></p><p>What will happen is that the bacteria which are susceptible to the antibiotic(s) administered will die. That's what you want. The issue is that there are <em>naturally occurring</em> bacteria which have 'resistance' to medications. These will not have to compete for food after all the susceptible bacteria die. This is what is really happening when someone says 'you're creating a super bug'. Unless you are in a DNA sequencing lab and laying down the genome, you are not creating a super bug. You are only giving a bug that had to fight for food a great chance at the feeding trough.</p><p></p><p>Everyone's favorite superbug, MRSA, has a damaged transport mechanism. This means it has difficulty getting things from the outside to the inside. This damaged transport mechanism makes it like the kid with broken hands at the dinner table. It's hard for it to eat anything but the stuff it can handle in the damaged state. This same damage is what makes it resistant to Methicillin since it can't transport it inside and die. </p><p></p><p>Most superbugs only thrive in super sterile environments for these exact reasons. They cannot survive well in the wild.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMN, post: 297353, member: 8469"] Uh, no. Taking antibiotics does not encourage or create antibiotic resistant bacteria. Never has never will. Same idea as not vaccinating your kids since you got vaccinated. Non-genetic traits do not get passed. What will happen is that the bacteria which are susceptible to the antibiotic(s) administered will die. That's what you want. The issue is that there are [I]naturally occurring[/I] bacteria which have 'resistance' to medications. These will not have to compete for food after all the susceptible bacteria die. This is what is really happening when someone says 'you're creating a super bug'. Unless you are in a DNA sequencing lab and laying down the genome, you are not creating a super bug. You are only giving a bug that had to fight for food a great chance at the feeding trough. Everyone's favorite superbug, MRSA, has a damaged transport mechanism. This means it has difficulty getting things from the outside to the inside. This damaged transport mechanism makes it like the kid with broken hands at the dinner table. It's hard for it to eat anything but the stuff it can handle in the damaged state. This same damage is what makes it resistant to Methicillin since it can't transport it inside and die. Most superbugs only thrive in super sterile environments for these exact reasons. They cannot survive well in the wild. [/QUOTE]
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