[ELI5] Antibiotic resistance

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So I know if you take antibiotics, and you stop once you feel better, can cause the infections to come back even worse and you might possibly develop a antibiotic resistance but what’s the difference between that and finishing your medication? For example, my antibiotics I take 2 a day for 7 days. How does finishing my medication not cause a resistance?

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The resistance isn’t in you, it is in the bacteria. As others have said the bacteria mutate.

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