Prescott's Microbiology
Prescott's Microbiology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Chapter 32.7, Problem 1MI
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Important innate defense response to injury of tissue such as that caused by wound or pathogen is called inflammation. An immediate reaction of the body to cell death or injury is called acute inflammation. Example of conditions, a disease that can result in acute inflammation include dermatitis, sinusitis, acute bronchitis, and tonsillitis.

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