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You have a bacterial infection for which your doctor prescribes you a ten-day treatment of antibiotics....

You have a bacterial infection for which your doctor prescribes you a ten-day treatment of antibiotics. You take the antibiotic for three days and stop because you feel better. Briefly describe what you have inadvertently done to the bacterial population within your body.

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