Streptococcus pneumoniae can escape phagocytic clearance by which mechanism?

A. Capsule-mediated inhibition of phagocytosis
B. Inhibition of phagolysosome fusion
C. inhibition of opsonization mediated by protein A
D. Lysis of phagosome and replication in cytoplasm
E. Replication in fused phagolysosome


Ans: A. Capsule-mediated inhibition of phagocytosis

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