How does finishing the prescription ensure that all the bacteria is killed and that there are no surviving or remaining bacteria? Have always been told that finishing the prescription does this but never how
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Bacteria infections are like a bus of highschool children on a school trip wreaking havoc in your body. Like the schoolchildren, the bacteria are somewhat diverse. Every class has smaller children, and every class has 1 or 2 giants compared to the other children.
These giants take much more food(antibiotics) before feeling full (die)
I realised in hindsight that school kids might not be the best euphemism, but it’s still eli5.
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