What Are A/E Lesions, Produced by Some Strains of E

question 53

Multiple Choice

What are A/E lesions, produced by some strains of E. coli?

• A) Inflammatory patches caused by the attachment of the bacteria to the intestinal lining by small suction appendages.
• B) Intestinal abscesses that form after the bacteria have entered M cells, destroying them and causing bloody diarrhea.
• C) Intestinal damage characterized by pedestals that form under bacterial cells as a result of induced actin rearrangement in the intestinal cell.
• D) Cytoplasmic extensions induced in intestinal epithelial cells by the injection of superantigens via type III secretion systems.
• E) Appendages used by E. coli strains to avoid phagocytosis and enter M cells of the intestinal epithelium.

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