Why are standard antibacterial drugs ineffective against fungal infections?
a. Funguses are slow growing.
b. Funguses have a thick cell wall.
c. Fungal infections usually occur in the brain stem where antibacterial drugs cannot reach.
d. Fungal infections have so few symptoms that most people are unaware of the problem until the infection is widespread.
ANS: B
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