Infection by a Bacterium That Has Elements on Its Surface

question 26

Multiple Choice

Infection by a bacterium that has elements on its surface that enhance its resistance to lysozyme will likely result in

• A) destruction of the bacterium by natural killer cells.
• B) successful reproduction of the bacterium and continued progression of the disease.
• C) an ineffective adaptive immunity response.
• D) the infected individual's humoral immunity becoming the only route of infection response.
• E) lymphocytes migrating from the thymus to attack the bacterium.