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What is meant when a bacterium is said to become resistant to an antibiotic??

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It means the antibiotic can no longer kill or inhibit the germs associated with the bacterium.  One reason for this could be over-use of the particular antibiotic.  Another would be the bacterium can change over time.  Mutations sometimes occur that change how antibiotics can handle it. 
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