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Recruitment scenarios that tip the balance between bacterial killing and persistence based on timing of activation signals. A. Recruitment of blood monocytes (that become macrophages) directly to a granuloma from localized vascular sources may favor effective bacterial killing. B. Recruitment of macrophages from surrounding lung tissue may result in some level of activation preceding infection, favoring latent infection.
