Why After Receiving an Antibiotic Treatment for a Neisseria Infection Would Symptoms Increase?

Question by Andrea: why after receiving an antibiotic treatment for a Neisseria infection would symptoms increase?
A person with a bloodborne Neisseria infection was treated with gentamicin. After treatment, Neisseria could not be cultured from blood, indicating that the bacteria were killed. However, the symptoms became worse. Annually, nearly half of similar patients die. Explain why antibiotic treatment made the symptoms increase.

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Answer by Kelle
many possible reasons. they went back to the same contaminated water supply. the body had by now developed some immunity to the antibiotic so…………

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