Final answer:
Bacteria develop antibiotic resistance primarily through inappropriate prescribing, not completing the full course of treatment, misuse for viral infections, and use without proper testing. Drug resistance can certainly occur with antibiotics, not only with antivirals.
Step-by-step explanation:
Regarding how bacteria create antibiotic resistance, the following statements are accurate:
- Providers that inappropriately prescribe antibiotics to patients when the treatment is not indicated will cause bacteria to develop resistance to antibiotics. This is due to the excessive and incorrect use of antibiotics, leading to the natural selection of resistant bacteria.
- Patient non-adherence to completing the full course of antibiotics can certainly contribute to bacterial resistance, as this can leave surviving bacteria that have started developing resistance.
- Using antibiotics without culture and sensitivity tests to ensure proper drug selection contributes to the development of resistance, as non-target bacteria can develop resistance.
- Patients taking antibiotics for viral infections, which are ineffective against viruses, add unnecessary antibiotic pressure on the bacterial population, encouraging the development of resistance.
Drug resistance does indeed develop in regards to antibiotics, not only antiviral medications. Hence, the statement that drug resistance does not develop for antibiotics is incorrect.
Your question is incomplete but most probably your full question was
Which of the following below are accurate statements regarding
how bacteria create antibiotic resistance? Select all that apply.
A. Providers that inappropriately prescribe antibiotics to patients when the treatment is not indicated will cause bacteria to develop resistance to antibiotics
b. Patients that stop taking the antibiotics when symptoms improve instead of completing the full course of antibiotics will not contribute to bacteria developing antibiotic resistance.
c. Bacteria can develop resistance to antibiotics when antibiotic treatment occurs, and there is no culture and sensitivity to match the drug with the bacteria that is present.
d. Patients that take antibiotics for viral infections increase the risk of increasing resistance to antibiotics
e. Drug resistance does not develop for antibiotics, it only develops with antiviral medications.