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Common Communicable Diseases

Question 5 • {HS} Healthy Living [Semester Only]

Antibiotics are the treatment of choice for __________.

Answer
A
strep throat and bacterial pneumonia
B
the common cold and influenza
C
meningitis and the common cold
D
influenza and strep throat

Explanation

Antibiotics work against bacteria, not viruses. Strep throat and bacterial pneumonia are bacterial infections, so antibiotics can be used to treat them. The common cold and influenza are viral, so antibiotics do not treat those illnesses.

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