117. A certain viral infection is widespread among children, and about 30 percent of children infected with the virus develop middle ear infections. Antibiotics, although effective in treating bacterial infections, have no effect on the virus. Yet when middle ear infections in children infected with the virus are treated with antibiotics, the ear often clear up.

Which one of the following most helps to explain the success of the treatments with antibiotics?

(A) Although some types of antibiotics fail to clear up certain infections, other types of antibiotics might provide effective treatment for those infections.

(B) Children infected with the virus are particularly susceptible to bacterial that infect the middle age.

(C) Many children who develop middle ear infections are not infected with the virus.

(D) Most viral infections are more difficult to treat than are most bacterial infections.

(E) Among children not infected with the virus, fewer than 30 percent develop middle ear infections.

在原文没明确指出中耳炎是由bacterial引起的情况下，可以如此肯定的推出答案B吗？