Submitted by champdecap t3_ydy6jn in askscience
N-Memphis-ExPat t1_itv67ny wrote
people don't become resistant to antibiotics, bacteria do. So, the immune system reacts to an infection the way it would without treatment. Antibiotics can wipe out good bacteria, for example in the gut, and give bad bacteria unchecked ability to spread which can make things harder for the immune system.
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