The ability of human pathogens to develop resistance to antibiotics poses a serious threat to public health, but this is probably not news to you.
Even people without recent antibiotic use have higher antibiotic-resistant strains of pathogens in countries with high antibiotic use than healthy people in countries with comparatively lower antibiotic use.
Recent research from the Earlham Institute and Quadram Institute in the UK in conjunction with an international team of scientists suggests that any and all of the bacteria and other microorganisms that set up home in and on human bodies may be a source of antibiotic resistance. And you might be surprised to learn that antibiotic use among the people around you appears to affect you directly.
"Even a healthy individual, who hasn't taken antibiotics recently, is constantly bombarded by microbes from people or pets they interact with that can lead to resistance genes becoming embedded in their own microbiota,"
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