Friday, August 20, 2010

How do human diseases caused by bacteria and diseases caused by viruses react to antibiotics?

A. neither responds to antibiotics


B. both respond to antibiotics


C. viral diseases respond to antibiotics; bacterial diseases do not


D. bacterial diseases respond to antibiotics; viral diseases do not





I think it's B?

How do human diseases caused by bacteria and diseases caused by viruses react to antibiotics?
It is D...bacteria will react, but sometimes the bacteria will mutate and become more resistant. Viruses are essentially "dead." That means anti-biotics (and biotics mean "living") cannot "kill" viruses. Viruses have a protien wall around them too...but lots of juice, rest, and chicken noodle soup REALLY help with the cold and flu!
Reply:D.





antibiotics only work against bacteria
Reply:Viruses do not respond to antibiotics.





So it would be D





Antibiotics are effective against bacteria because they work to kill these living organisms by stopping their growth and reproduction. However, viruses are nonliving.
Reply:its D, viruses need the hosts cell machinery to replicate, therefore if u take antibiotics when u have a viral infection, then u are inhibiting ur own cells!
Reply:D. only diseases caused by bacteria respond to antibiotics


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