Why Are Penicillin and Other Beta Lactam Antibiotics Not Used

question 31

Multiple Choice

Why are penicillin and other beta lactam antibiotics not used for treatment of primary atypical pneumonia?

• A)Antibiotics will not work against the viruses that cause primary atypical pneumonia.
• B)The organism that causes primary atypical pneumonia does not have a cell wall, so penicillin and other beta lactam antibiotics will not work.
• C)The organism that causes primary atypical pneumonia usually makes beta lactamases.
• D)Penicillin and other beta lactam antibiotics will not penetrate inside of pulmonary cells where the Mycoplasma resides.

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