Why Is It Important to Use an Antibiotic Other Than

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Multiple Choice

Why is it important to use an antibiotic other than ampicillin in the treatment of bacterial pneumonia?

• A) Because antibiotics such as ampicillin destroy the cell walls of cardiac muscle cells.
• B) Because antibiotics such as ampicillin cause the cells lining blood vessels to endocytose bacteria and deposit them in cardiac muscle tissue.
• C) Because antibiotics such as ampicillin are not effective in the treatment of bacterial pneumonia.
• D) Because antibiotics such as ampicillin destroy the cell walls of bacteria which cause a toxin to be released that will destroy cardiac muscle cells.

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