Question
This bacterium escapes immune destruction due to
a) Inhibition of phagocystosis
c) Bile solubility
b) Production of cyclic AMP
d) Autolysis
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Answer
- [x] a) Inhibition of phagocytosis
Streptococcus pneumoniae ’s polysaccharide capsule mediates immune escape by inhibiting phagocytosis — resisting engulfment and killing by host neutrophils/macrophages, allowing the organism to survive and proliferate despite an active host immune response. “Production of cyclic AMP” describes the mechanism of cholera toxin, unrelated to pneumococcal immune evasion; “bile solubility” is a laboratory identification characteristic of the organism (used diagnostically), not an immune-evasion mechanism; “autolysis” refers to the organism’s own autolytic enzyme activity (releasing pneumolysin), not a mechanism of escaping immune destruction.
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