Which of the following scenarios might occur when a patients neutrophils are defective for the production of reactive oxygen species or other oxidases? (A) The neutrophils cannot phagocytoses bacteria or fungi. (b) The neutrophils can phagocytoses bacteria or fungi, but cannot destroy then. (c) The neutrophils cannot undergo diapedesis.

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Which of the following scenarios might occur when a patients neutrophils are defective for the production of reactive oxygen species or other oxidases? 

(A) The neutrophils cannot phagocytoses bacteria or fungi.

(b) The neutrophils can phagocytoses bacteria or fungi, but cannot destroy then.

(c) The neutrophils cannot undergo diapedesis.

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