Multiple Choice
Which of the following answers is not a mechanism pathogen use to survive within a phagocytic host cell?
Which of the following answers is not a mechanism pathogen use to survive within a phagocytic host cell?
Some encapsulated bacterial pathogens are said to be serum-resistant. Serum resistant pathogens avoid the effects of the complement system proteins. How are encapsulated bacteria able to be serum-resistant and avoid phagocytosis?