02-09-2017, 07:03 PM
A 35-year-old woman delivers a neonate who develops meningitis. The mother has a streptococcus with antiserum directed against type B surface carbohydrate. The virulence of this organism is related to a bacterial constituent that interferes with which of the following host phagocyte functions?
(A) Aggregation
(B) Chemotaxis
© Ingestion
(D) Intracellular killing
(E) Pseudopod formation
(A) Aggregation
(B) Chemotaxis
© Ingestion
(D) Intracellular killing
(E) Pseudopod formation