If You Were Just Diagnosed with a Serious Bacterial Disease

Multiple Choice

If you were just diagnosed with a serious bacterial disease, which of these would predict the most positive outcome for treatment? The disease was acquired

A) in a hospital, where most of the bacteria are probably already weakened by antibiotics in the environment.
B) in a livestock barn where the animals have been treated with antibiotics.
C) in a big city where antibiotics are routinely prescribed by doctors.
D) in a remote, sparsely populated area where the bacteria have not been exposed to antibiotic drugs.