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CHAPTER 28 INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL: SPREAD OF INFECTION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025 A+ Which pathogen cannot be treated with antibiotics because it has a protective envelope? A. Bacterium B. Virus C. Fungus D. Parasite - ANS-A. Bacterium Bacteria are single-cell organisms that do not have protective envelopes. They can be treated with antibiotics unless the bacteria have mutated and become drug-resistant. B. Virus -- CORRECT ANSWER Viruses have protective envelopes. Antibiotics cannot destroy these protective envelopes; thus they cannot kill viruses or treat viral infections. C. Fungus Fungi are treated with antifungal medications; however, they do not have protective envelopes. D. Parasite Parasites are treated with anthelmintic, antimalarial, and antiparasitic agents. They do not have protective envelopes. Which precaution would be implemented for a patient admitted for suspected West Nile virus? CONTINUES...
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