Why does antibiotic resistance commonly arise within biofilms in chronic wounds?

💡 Explanation

Antibiotic resistance increases in biofilms because horizontal gene transfer allows bacteria to share resistance genes, thus accelerating adaptation to antibiotic exposure in the protected biofilm environment, rather than resistance arising solely from mutation or antibiotic degradation by phagocytes.

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