Antibiotics can kill gramnegative bacteria but symptoms of f
 Antibiotics can kill gram-negative bacteria, but symptoms of fever and low blood pressure can persist. Why?
  Antibiotics can kill gram-negative bacteria, but symptoms of fever and low blood pressure can persist. Why?
Solution
Ans-Gram-negative bacteria produce endotoxins which are pyrogenic hence causing fever and cause vasodilation hence the low blood pressure.Antibiotics just kill the bacteria and do not neutralise the toxins produced by the organism prior to its elimination.Antitoxins neutralise the endotoxins thus could be of assistance in management of fever and low blood pressure.

