What is pus? Is it just white blood cells?

pus is actually made of dead neutrophils (type of WBCs) which died in their fight against bacteria .

Special type of bacteria called pyogenic are able to produce Leukocidins that kill neutrophils and when neutrophils are dead they release proteolytic enzyme that also liquify the tissue proteins

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