Someone diagnosed with meningitis has inflamed membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord. Meningitis is a result of pathogenic gram-negative bacteria that cause extreme infections when their bacterial cell wall dies and lipopolysaccharide (a lipid and polysaccharide)is released. The lipopolysaccharide is an example of a/an
A)endotoxin.
B)exotoxin.
C)stomach microbiota.
D)parasite.

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Lipopolysaccharide is a component of the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria and is released when the bacterial cell dies. It acts as an endotoxin which triggers an intense immune response leading to inflammation and fever, among other symptoms, in the host.

Someone Diagnosed with Meningitis Has Inflamed Membranes That Cover and Protect