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Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry ยท 2006

A 4-year-old child had Mantoux test. 60 hours after tuberculin introduction a focal skin hardening and redness 15 mm in diameter appeared. It was regarded as positive test. What type of hypersensitivity reaction is this test based upon?

Answer options

  1. Immune complex-mediated hypersensitivity
  2. Immediate hypersensitivity
  3. Complement-mediated cytotoxic hypersensitivity
  4. -
  5. Delayed-type hypersensitivity
Correct answer

Delayed-type hypersensitivity

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