""In nature, organisms are duking it out, it's a competitive environment. One of the strategies microbes have evolved to effectively compete is to produce antibiotics, to kill their neighbors.""
""Drought is already having an impact on health care systems around the world. With drought increasing in many parts of the world, that's likely to increase the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance as well.""
Bacteria are gaining resistance to antibiotics, with about 1 in 6 infections showing resistance, leading to over 4 million deaths annually. Human overuse of antibiotics has facilitated this resistance. The evolutionary battle between bacteria and antibiotics has existed for millennia, originating in soil. Recent research indicates that drought conditions can increase antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria, which may subsequently affect human infections. As droughts become more common, the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance is expected to rise, posing significant challenges to global health care systems.
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