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When a healthy adult acquires a bacterial infection, the immune system is effective against the microorganism by mounting an immune response. Phagocytosis is an important function of neutrophils and macrophages. However both of them have distinguished characteristics. The false statement regarding the above immune response is

ALysosomes of neutrophils and macrophages contain abundant proteolytic enzymes
BAfter phagocytosis, neutrophil usually becomes inactivated and dies, while a macrophage can survive and function for a few months
CLysosomes of both neutrophils and macrophages contains large amount of lipases.
DA single neutrophil can usually phagocytize up to 20 bacteria, while a single macrophage can phagocytize as many as 100 bacteria
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