why are antibiotics effective against bacteria but not against viruses
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Viral diseases are not treated by antibiotics. This is because
antibiotics are used to mainly treat bacterial diseases .Also virus is
non lining outside living organisms. So virus use our machinery to work. If we kill it ,we will damage our cells.
antibiotics are used to mainly treat bacterial diseases .Also virus is
non lining outside living organisms. So virus use our machinery to work. If we kill it ,we will damage our cells.
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⇒ Antibiotics are commonly use to block biochemical pathways which is important for bacteria.
⇒ Many Bacteria make cell wall to protect themselves.
⇒ The antibiotic penicillin blocks the bacterial processes that build the cell wall.
⇒ As a result, The growing bacteria are unable to make cell wall and die easily.
⇒ But viruses do not use this path ways therefore antibiotic do not work against viral infection.
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