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This is amazing and I do not mean to nit-pick but does this statement logically cohere? >Also, the concentrations of antibiotics used here represent sub-anti

This is amazing and I do not mean to nit-pick but does this statement logically cohere? >Also, the concentrations of antibiotics used here represent sub-antimicrobial levels of Doxycycline and Azithromycin, thereby avoiding the potential problems associated with antibiotic resistance.

MrLeap 3y ago
If you don't have enough antibiotics to actually kill microbes, you aren't selecting for higher resistance.
- bratwurst3000 3y ago
  Antiobiotics don’t kill bacteria. They stop the growth and the body does the rest. Or am I wrong ?
  - naveen99 3y ago
    Some do, some don’t. Penicillins interfere with bacterial cell walls which ends with the bacteria exploding / dying. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin
  - hereme888 3y ago
    Most do directly kill bacteria.
fastaguy88 3y ago
Yes. The concentrations of the antibiotics are too low to select for resistance, because they do not significantly affect bacterial growth. (Without selection, no resistance).