PATHOGENESIS Inside the host phagocytized but able to survive production of SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE Which blocks the formation of toxic o2 radicals carried to lymph nodes, blood stream, reticuloendothelial system like iver, spleen, and bone marrow PMNs degenerate and release intracellular organisms Again endocytosed by macrophages and monocytesPATHOGENESIS Inside the host phagocytized but able to survive -- production of SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE which blocks the formation of toxic O2 radicals carried to lymph nodes, blood stream, reticuloendothelial system like liver, spleen, and bone marrow. PMNs degenerate and release intracellular organisms Again endocytosed by macrophages and monocytes