Why Is It Important to Use an Antibiotic Other Than

question 67

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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