Reply #2: There are other causes, as well, as I recall. [View All]

[amandabeech]

One is over-presciption of antibiotics, including prescribing anti-biotics for viral illnesses.

Another cause that I've read about is the failure of patients to complete the course of antibiotics prescribed to them. People start to feel better and stop taking their medicine, but the bugs are still in their system. Those remaining are more resistant than the bugs that already died.

The article cited in Hatrack's post mentions the failure of many patients to stop the penicillin regimen because of side-effects and I imagine the disappearance of sores.

Does the information on which you base your post, NNadir, also mention these causes?