KROK 1 2017 – Question 144 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A 26-year-old woman with bronchitis has been administered a broad spectrum antibiotic as a causal treatment drug. Specify this drug:
- A. Doxycycline
- B. Interferon
- C. Dexamethasone
- D. Ambroxol
- E. BCG vaccine
Hint
Causal treatment means acting on the pathogen itself; ask which listed agent has a direct antibacterial effect rather than a symptomatic or immune action.
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