Common cold is not cured by antibiotics because it is A. Caused by a virus B. Caused by a gram positive bacterium C. Caused by a gram negative bacterium D. Not an infectious disease

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

Option A. Common cold is caused by viruses and they reside inside host cell and take over the host machinery. Since they reside inside the host cell it is difficult to make antibiotics against them hence antibiotics cannot cure common cold.

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