The most selectively toxic drugs are those that _______.
A) cause damage to host tissues
B) target microbial sites that are not present in humans, e.g., the bacterial cell wall
C) target structures present in both microbes and humans, thus causing host tissue damage
D) cause allergic reactions in humans
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