Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency is associated with antibiotic resistance.
Reason R: Plasmodium is dependent on Hexose monophosphate shunt and reduced glutathione for their optimum growth in RBCs.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :