A Patient Who Is Being Treated for Malaria Has Started

question 7

Multiple Choice

A patient who is being treated for malaria has started therapy with quinine and tetracycline.He asks the nurse why he is on an antibiotic when malaria is caused by a parasite.What is the nurse's best explanation to the patient?

• A)The tetracycline prevents reinfection with the malaria parasite.
• B)The antibiotic is combined with quinine to reduce the adverse effects of the quinine.
• C)An antibacterial drug prevents the occurrence of superinfection during antimalarial therapy.
• D)The combination of both drugs takes advantage of their synergistic protozoacidal effects.

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