A patient with a severe gram-negative bacterial infection is started on antibiotics. Shortly afterward, the patient develops persistent fever and low blood pressure. Which of the following best explains this reaction?

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Antibiotics suppress normal microbiota, allowing  Candida  to produce vasodilatory toxins

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Lysis of gram-negative bacteria releases endotoxin, which triggers cytokine release and shock

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The antibiotics stimulate excessive IL-10 production, increasing vasodilation.

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Antibiotics cause destruction of gram-positive cell walls, releasing teichoic acids that trigger fever.

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