Question

70) Why is the immune response to pneumococcal pneumonia the most damaging aspect of the disease? A) An exotoxin stimulates severe inflammation and provokes host tissue damage B) The capsule is the primary problem as humans are highly sensitive to it and easily aggravated by it C) A potent endotoxin stimulates a rapid high fever D) Blood clots are formed in the circulatory system in an effort to isolate the bacteria; however, these clots are often the cause of heart attack or stroke in patients that don't seek medical treatment. paralysis or in some cases death. E) Neurons infected with the bacteria are identified and destroyed by the immune system resulting in

Answer 1

Option E is corret As the immune response to pnemococcal pneumonia is the most damaging aspect of the disease because the immune response to pnemococcal pneumonia the neurons infected with the bacteria are identified and destroyed by the immune system results in the paralysis even in some cases may result in the death