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These are associated with allergies and parasitic infections and so will not be prominent in the immune response to a bacterial infection.
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Eosinophils
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These are present in the tissues and activate the adaptive immune response. They are predominantly involved after the acute inflammatory stage to clear debris and foreign substances.
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d
Macrophages
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These are involved in the day-to-day regeneration of the layers of the epidermis and are involved in the wound-healing process after an infection.
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Epidermal stem cells
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These cells are part of the adaptive immune response which takes four to seven days to occur, and are not predominant in the acute inflammatory stage.
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B lymphocytes
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Neutrophils are predominantly involved in inflammation, as well as for phagocytosis of bacteria as part of the innate immune response, occurring immediately following the initial infection.
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Neutrophils
Concept
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Soft tissue infections
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164
Physiology and pathology of bone
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You see a patient with suspected bacterial cellulitis of the leg. There are signs of acute inflammation.

Which of the following cells is most likely to be predominant at this stage?
a