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Fight between defense cell ‘neutrophil’ and pathogenic bacteria.

Fight between defense cell ‘neutrophil’ and pathogenic bacteria.
Electron Microscopy Images showing bacteria (AIEC-LF82) is dividing inside neutrophils. By Gajanan Katkar and Pradipta Ghosh, University of California, San Diego. University of California, San Diego - Cellular and Molecular Medicine Electron Microscopy Core, https://emcore.ucsd.edu/

It is amazing how bacteria fight with the defense/immune system.
Here are few strategies bacteria use:

  1. Escape from the phagolysosomal compartment and digestive enzymes, which is defense ammunition of host cells
  2. Inhibit Phagolysosomal fusion
  3. Neutralize the lysosomal enzymes
  4. Prepare specialized hiding compartments