Infection Treatment | MCQs

Explanation

 Bacteria are germs

Explanation

• Acyclovir drug is used topically for genital herpes infection
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• Topical acyclovir is used to treat the symptoms of herpes simplex virus infections of the skin, mucous membranes, and genitals (sex organs).
• Although topical acyclovir will not cure herpes simplex, it may help relieve the pain and discomfort and may help the sores (if any) heal faster
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• Acyclovir or Zovirax
• It is an antiviral medicine that is used for skin treatment against the herpes virus.

Explanation

Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria in humans and animals by either killing the bacteria or making it difficult for the bacteria to grow and multiply. Bacteria are germs.

Explanation

Penicillin is one of the most commonly used broad-spectrum antibiotics globally

They fight bacterial infections by destroying the bacteria's cell walls.

It is effective against infections caused by:

• Gram-positive cocci
• gram-positive rods
• most anaerobes
• gram-negative cocci

Panadol, Paracetamol, and Brufin are not antibiotics.

They are used as painkillers