SCIENCE
VIRUS AND BACTERIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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viruses
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bacteria
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prions
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Strep throat. Whooping cough. Urinary tract infection (UTI)
Detailed explanation-2: -Antibiotics are used to treat or prevent some types of bacterial infection. They kill bacteria or prevent them from reproducing and spreading. Antibiotics aren’t effective against viral infections. This includes the common cold, flu, most coughs and sore throats.
Detailed explanation-3: -They work against different types of bacteria. Some antibiotics affect a wide range of bacteria. They are called broad spectrum antibiotics (eg, amoxicillin and gentamicin). Some antibiotics affect only a few types of bacteria.
Detailed explanation-4: -Antibiotics Seek Out Bacterial Cells Antibiotics work by affecting things that bacterial cells have but human cells don’t. For example, human cells do not have cell walls, while many types of bacteria do. The antibiotic penicillin works by keeping a bacterium from building a cell wall.