The use of antibiotics has reduced mortality rates from infectious diseases from over 50% to only 3% during that last one hundred years. At the same time, chronic, non-communicable diseases has become dominant and is constantly increasing. Some believe (including myself) that this increase is due to the destruction of the beneficial bacteria (through extensive use of antibiotics) which play roles beyond our existing knowledge. Therefore, resistance to antibiotics may be a mean to correct this mistake. What do you think if this subject???
I agree with some part that you said.
Antibiotics destroy normal flora and many studies show that these flora have many important role in homeostasis of body.
On the other side some studies show existence of resistance gene in ancient bacteria or in communication of bacteria that never exposed to antibiotics and do not forget many source of antibiotics is nature and I can not accept that be a action for correct a mistake.
I agree. I think that is necessary to study human microbiome carefully and more detailed. Because not only beneficial bacteria play role in human health.
If i were a bacterium, i would be happy to be equipped with antibiotic production and resistance, neither of which would i view as evil weaponry.
To eliminate bacterial pathogens, human used Antimicrobials which killed both pathogenic and normal "useful" regardless of their types or the necessity for their existence. Bacteria resist antimicrobials to survive and perform their assigned tasks of protecting human health and environment. This bright side of antimicrobial resistance phenomena has never been touched.
I do not have link URL of MIT university that talk about question subject but you can read it in my update, drug delivery in tittle New finding of other scientists.
It is very interesting.
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