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2021-03-20 15:59:32
After some time bacteria develops resistance to antibiotics and antibiotics no longer kills the bacteria, Do bacteria also develops resistance to natural killer cells or the immune system? Can the body not kill these bacteria also after a time?
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Yes innate immune is active but once bacteria overwhelm the blood and develop sepsis pt needs antibiotics...
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no natural killer cells are not always killn bacteria
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read about innate and humoral immunity

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