When using combination antibiotic therapy, it is important to administer drugs that work synergistically as possible. Which of the following represents a combination with known synergism? A beta-lactam and an aminoglycoside A penicillin and a cephalosporin Two drugs in which the second drug will displace the first from plasma protein-binding sites. Two drugs that are eliminated by different routes Two drugs that work on the same step in a metabolic pathway.

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