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**The organisms replicate within the vesicles and are released from the cells  
 
**The organisms replicate within the vesicles and are released from the cells  
 
**Stimulate immune response on reaching the lamina propria
 
**Stimulate immune response on reaching the lamina propria
**Inflammatory response with phagocytosis of bacteria by neutrophils and macrophages
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**Acute inflammation, possibly with ulceration; prostaglandin and cytokine production by epithelial cells; enterotoxin production damaging mucosa
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**Phagocytosis of bacteria by neutrophils and macrophages
 
**Bacteria either destroyed by the phagocytic cells or survive and multiply in the cells to cause systemic disease
 
**Bacteria either destroyed by the phagocytic cells or survive and multiply in the cells to cause systemic disease
**Resistance to phagocytosis and destruction by complement allows spread within the body
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**Resistance to phagocytosis and destruction by complement allows spread within the body - bacteraemia and septicaemia
 
**LPS O antigens prevent damage to bacterial cell wall by complement
 
**LPS O antigens prevent damage to bacterial cell wall by complement
 
**LPS also causes endotoxaemia, and may contribute to local inflammatory response damaging intestinal cells to cause diarrhoea
 
**LPS also causes endotoxaemia, and may contribute to local inflammatory response damaging intestinal cells to cause diarrhoea
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