Phagocytosis

Deficiency of phagocytosis, including chronic granulomatosis and Chediak-Higashi syndrome. Defects in phagocytosis will increase the body's susceptibility to pathogenic microorganisms, and various pyogenic infections and bacterial infections of conditional pathogens often occur. Primary phagocytosis is congenital or hereditary endogenous phagocytosis.

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