WG Antibiotics Video

What are antibiotics primarily used for?

• Treating diseases caused by viruses.

• Treating diseases caused by bacteria.

• Treating diseases caused by fungi.

• Boosting the human immune system.

Who discovered the first antibiotic, Penicillin?

• Louis Pasteur

• Marie Curie

• Alexander Fleming

• Robert Koch

How do antibiotics work to combat bacterial infections?

• By directly attacking human cells.

• By enhancing the body's natural healing process.

• By inhibiting specific metabolic or chemical processes within bacteria.

• By increasing the production of white blood cells.

Why are antibiotics not effective against viruses?

• Viruses are too small for antibiotics to affect.

• Viruses have a protective outer layer that antibiotics cannot penetrate.

• Viruses are not living organisms and lack the metabolic processes that antibiotics target.

• Antibiotics only work in specific temperature ranges not found in viral infections.

What process is allowing for bacteria to become antibiotic resistant?

• Natural selection and genetic mutation.
• Improved sanitation practices
• Use of probiotics
• Increased exposure to sunlight

If you are prescribed an antibiotic, you should finish it all to help prevent bacterial resistance from happening.

• True

• False