An RN working in a general medical-surgical unit is caring for a 57-year-old female with a bladder infection. Two weeks prior to hospitalization, the patient was experiencing slight burning upon urination. She self-treated by increasing her intake of fluids, but her symptoms continued to worsen. One week later, she developed generalized abdominal pain and a fever. She presented to the hospital when the pain became unbearable and fever reached 104°F. She was admitted to the medical-surgical unit and started on multiple IV antibiotics with concern that she could be developing a kidney infection.
-Knowing that the causative organism for this patient's urinary tract infection,E.coli,has a lipopolysaccharide cell wall,which cells are being activated by this infection?

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B cells are activated in response to bacterial infections like E. coli, which have lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in their cell walls. LPS is recognized by the immune system, leading to B cell activation and antibody production.

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