ANTIBIOTICS AND PROKARYOTIC CELLS Question 19 5 points Which

ANTIBIOTICS AND PROKARYOTIC CELLS

Question 19 (5 points)

Which is a plausible effect of taking oral antibiotics?

Question 19 options:

the antibiotics could unintentionally kill good bacteria living in your intestines, leaving you more susceptible to infection by pathogenic bacteria

the antibiotics could harm your own body cells.

the antibiotics could interfere with your body’s own ability to produce antibiotics, and actually end up prolonging the infection.

the antibiotics could destroy viruses that have infected your body

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Question 20 (5 points)

You have a case of the common cold (which is caused by a virus). What would happen if you take antibiotics?

Question 20 options:

you will get better

you will get another viral infection

nothing

you will get worse

Solution

Q.No 19

a. The antibiotics could unintentionally kill good bacteria living in your intestines, leaving you more susceptible to infection by pathogenic bacteria - Antibiotics will indiscriminately destroy any of the bacteria they come into connection with which have related features to the pathogen being targeted. This may trigger difficulty since several helpful bacteria live in your big intestine.

Q.No 20

c. Nothing - Antibiotics are useful for bacterial disorders by inhibiting the creation of the cell membrane of gram positive bacteria, not viruses.