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Your patient has been on a broad spectrum antibiotic for several weeks to treat a persistent case of pneumonia. After his course of antibiotics is complete, his lungs are clear; however, he just visited you and you confirmed a urinary tract infection. What scenario best describes what likely happened? a. the antibiotic suppressed his immune system making him susceptible to secondary infection b. the patient likely had the urinary tract infection the whole time and just noticed it c. the antibiotic suppressed his normal flora allowing an opportunistic pathogen to cause an infection

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The antibiotic are used to treat infection especially bacterial infection.When it is consumed it kills or destroys the bacteria in the body along with it can affect the normal flora of the body which helps immune system to be in normal function.So whwn antibiotics are taken it will affect the beneficial, body protector microflora in the gastrourinary tract but it doesn't allow opportunistic pathogens to cause infection.The recent research has confirmed most of the antibiotic suppress the immune system and cause secondary infection

Ans :The antibiotic suppressed his immune system making him susceptible to secondary infection.

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