[Gay State Conservative]

In many parts of the Third World one can buy antibiotics over the counter (no doctor's prescription needed) for pennies.Ignorant,illiterate people in these areas buy them thinking that they'll cure their headache,malaria,malnutrition,etc.Then some of these people (Mexicans,Indians,etc) make it to the civilized world and,viola!...antibiotic resistance.

[tbw2]

Other problems include:
* They think Western medicine is very potent so take half a dose.
* Feel better and stop taking it when you feel better, not to the end of the course when all the bacteria are killed. This is an issue in the developed as well as developing world.
* Take it until you cannot afford to get more, so an incomplete course encourages development of antibiotic resistant strains.
* HIV patients acting as hosts who continually need antibiotics and antivirals, often spreading the antibiotic resistant stains (especially TB)