Antibiotic resistance increases with local temperature

Bacteria that cause infections in humans can develop or acquire resistance to antibiotics commonly used against them1,2. Antimicrobial resistance (in bacteria and other microbes) causes significant morbidity worldwide, and some estimates indicate the attributable mortality could reach up to 10 million by 20502–4. Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is believed to develop largely under the selective pressure of antibiotic use; however, other...