The patient's immune system attempts to control infection via which of the following mechanisms?

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Once bacteremia occurs, the patient's immune system attempts to control infection via antibodies, which opsonize organisms and allow complement-mediated killing, as well as by phagocytosis.In addition, filtering mechanisms in the lymphatics and large vascular beds in the liver and spleen may sequester organisms and allow their destruction.

The Patient's Immune System Attempts to Control Infection Via Which