1. Your patient has a sore throat that is caused by a virus. a) Explain why penicillin should NOT be prescribed to treat

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1. Your patient has a sore throat that is caused by a virus.
a) Explain why penicillin should NOT be prescribed to treat your
patient’s infection? Make
sure to include an explanation of how penicillin works and why it
would be ineffective
in this case. Use complete sentences.
b) List three problems/ side effects that are associated with the
use of antibiotics.
c) What are β-lactamases? What do they do to antibiotics like
penicillin? How does this
change the effectiveness of penicillin? Explain in detail using
complete sentences.