Multiple Choice
As a result of drinking contaminated water,a patient contracts amoebic dysentery.Would an antibiotic drug that inhibits peptidoglycan synthesis be beneficial in treating the amoeba infection?
A) Yes, because it would weaken the cell walls of the amoebas and cause them to die.
B) No, because amoeba are not bacteria and do not have peptidoglycan.
C) Yes, because antibiotics are always beneficial in treating infectious diseases.
D) No, because the cell walls of the amoeba that causes dysentery contains calcium carbonate, not peptidoglycan.
E) Yes, because the amoeba would not be able to reproduce.
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