Multiple choice

Defects in neutrophil NADPH oxidase system causes which among the following diseases in human beings?

  1. Chronic granulomatous disease

  2. Chediak-Higashi disease

  3. Leukocyte adhesion deficiency

  4. Hashimoto's disease

  5. Streptococcal infection
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Explanation

There is a failure to make reactive oxygen intermediates and to raise the pH in the phagocytic vacuole which facilitates microbicidal action.

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