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Because antibiotics are designed to fight bacterial infections, whereas antivirals are used to combat viral infections.
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Can antibiotics treat virus?
Antibiotics won't treat a virus.
Why anitbiotics will not help you to get over a bout of flu?
Since the flu is a severe upper respiratory infection caused by a virus, antibiotics cannot affect them as viruses are not living and antibiotics only affect living microbes.
Why don't you treat a virus with antibiotics?
antibiotics are only affective against bacteria, and a virus is different then bacteria
If a patient has measles why would antibiotics not work?
Antibiotics can only work against bacterium, whereas measles are caused by a virus.
Why are antibiotics useless against Ebola?
Ebola is a virus, which is not affected by antibiotics.
Do Antibiotics only work on bacteria or virus?
Antibiotics only work on bacteria.
What Are effective at treating strep throat but not at treating colds?
Antibiotics - because a cold is a virus caused disease and antibiotics have no effect on a virus. However strep throat is caused by a bacterium and antibiotics do kill bacteria.
Does penicillin works against influenza virus?
no, antibiotics kill bacteria/fungi not virus'
What is the treatment for a virus?
The best treatment for a virus is rest and symptom management. Antibiotics will not affect viruses. Vaccines against several viruses have been developed which bolster the immune system, and there are antiviral treatments for severe cases such as HIV.
Why doesn't antibiotics effect virus?
Antibiotics kill infectious cells, but viruses are non-living.
Why antibiotics could not kill the virus?
Antibiotics are used to fight bacterial infections not viral infections.
How does antibiotics fight a cold?
Antibiotics work against bacterial infections only. They either prevent the bacteria from multiplying or they affect the cell contents of the bacteria and stop the bacteria from constructing their cell wall. However, antibiotics won't work against cold because common cold is caused by a virus. Since virus contains only RNA and is non-living outside host cell, i.e.,there is no cell wall in viruses. so, antibiotics do not work against them. Therefore, it is not advisable to have antibiotics to fight off a cold.
