(06.02 MC) Which of the following correctly explains the role of antibiotics in the human body? (2 points) a They break down damaging toxins created by bacteria. b They increase the number of white blood cells in the blood. c They rupture the cell wall or prevent protein synthesis in bacteria. d They reduce the effects of fever, swelling, and inflammation in the body.

The beneficial role of antibiotics in the human body is given because they produce rupture the cell wall or prevent protein synthesis in bacteria.

Explanation:

Antibiotics are a group of drugs that fight bacteria, eliminating them, to cure infectious diseases.

The mechanisms of action of antibiotics aim to break the bacterial protection or interfere with their vital functions to make them unviable:

In general, the effects of antibiotics on bacteria are to rupture the cell wall or prevent protein synthesis. Through these mechanisms, antibiotics eliminate and prevent the reproduction of pathogenic bacteria, thus eliminating the infections they produce.

The other options are not correct because:

    a. Breaking down damaging toxins created by bacteria is an anti-toxin function.

    b. Antibiotics do not increase the number of white blood cells in the blood.

    d. Reduction of the effects of fever, swelling, and inflammation in the body is a function of antipyretics and anti-inflammatories.

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