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If infection is caused by endotoxin, then antibiotics can be helpful?. if not, how to treat the patient infected with endotoxin?
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Of course antibiotics are effective in killing the bacteria which produce both exotoxin or endotoxin. Endotoxin is mainly the bacterial contents and some bacteria can excrete exotoxin. Antibiotics kill the bacteria or slow them down then the white cells will take care them.
Answered 2/13/2022
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