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Why don't antibiotics cure colds?
Antibiotics only affect bacteria and colds are caused by viruses.
Why would antibiotics not help if you had a flu?
Influenza is a viral disease and antibiotics do not affect viruses, only bacteria.
Do antibiotics affect bacteria or viruses?
bacteria
Do Antibiotics only work on bacteria or virus?
Antibiotics only work on bacteria.
Why are antibiotics in animal food bad?
Antibiotics in animal food is bad because the dseases and bacteria get used to the antibiotics in the feed and the evolve and learn how to beat it and therefore the antibiotics in animals feed has no longer an affect on the bacteria. You should only use antibiotics when completely necessary they are not to be used to prevent, only to cure.
What is a good reason to doubt the new antibiotics will cure all human disease?
Some antibiotics, such as penicillin, affect only certain types of bacteria but not other types.
Why don't you treat a virus with antibiotics?
antibiotics are only affective against bacteria, and a virus is different then bacteria
Why are antibiotics unhelpful for fighting a common cold?
B. Colds are caused by viruses, and antibiotics only kill bacteria
How do diseases caused by bacteria and diseases caused by viruses react to antibiotics?
Disease caused by viruses cannot be cured by antibiotics. Antibiotics ONLY work on bacteria.
What are antibiotics and how do they affect bacteria?
they are a cure for when you have a infection and you have to be ill and have to go to the doctors to get this medication.
What antibiotic is not bactericidal?
None. All antibiotics fight bacteria and bacteria only.
How do antibiotics affect bacterial growth?
they affect it because without the anitbiotic the bacteria would grow and make babies.
