Strep’s response to opsonization and phagocytosis
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host must use complement and antibodies to initiate opsonization and phagocytosis
Strep has many defense mechanisms against this
degrade chemokines to prevent neutrophil recruitment
interfere with complement deposition
exhibit proteins that bind Fc portions of antibodies, much like Staph’s protein A
also escape nets that are thrown out neutrophils by virtue of Strep producing a DNAase
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