If a patient's inflammation fails to resolve after an infection, which immunological consequence is most likely?

💡 Explanation

Failure of inflammation resolution disrupts the usual shift towards anti-inflammatory mediators; because the inciting stimulus is not cleared effectively, and regulatory mechanisms fail, chronic inflammation arises. Therefore, a chronic inflammatory disease is likely, rather than acute responses, Th1 skewing, or regulatory T cell suppression which would favor resolution.

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