Learning Objectives for "Bacterial Pathogenesis: Factors that Promote Colonization of the Host
5. The Ability to Resist Innate Immune Defenses such as Phagocytosis and Complement
c. The Ability to Resist Phagocytic Destruction"

After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.

1*. State at least 4 different ways bacteria might be able to resist phagocytic destruction once engulfed.

(*) = Common theme throughout the course

RETURN TO "BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS: FACTORS THAT PROMOTE COLONIZATION OF THE HOST - THE ABILITY TO RESIST INNATE IMMUNE DEFENSES SUCH AS PHAGOCYTOSIS AND COMPLEMENT - THE ABILITY TO RESIST PHAGOCYTIC DESTRUCTION"

Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.