Which risk increases when prolonged antibiotic usage occurs?

💡 Explanation

Prolonged antibiotic use disrupts native gut microbiomes; this disruption enables opportunistic bacterial colonization via competitive exclusion. Therefore, antibiotic resistance risk sharply increases in the gut, rather than improved function, because native bacteria are depleted.

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