Why is the inflammatory response alone insufficient to provide complete protection against infection?
A. It only responds to tissue injury and not to invasion by microorganisms.
B. It is nonspecific and no long-lasting immunity is generated by inflammation alone.
C. When the inflammatory response is prolonged, it can cause serious tissue damage.
D. The body is not capable of synthesizing antibodies at the same time that inflam-matory processes are active.
B
The cells that provide the protection of inflammation, the neutrophils and the macrophages, have no "memory" to aid them in mounting a faster or stronger response to an invading microorganism upon repeated or subsequent exposure. Without antibody-mediated immunity and cell-mediated immunity to augment the inflammatory response, humans remain susceptible to reinfection by the same microorganism over and over again.
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