Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry ยท 2015
A 50-year-old patient has been referred for treatment of neck lymphadenitis. His individual penicillin sensitivity was tested. In 30 seconds full-body fever raised in the patient and his arterial blood pressure dropped to 0 mm Hg, followed by cardiac arrest. Resuscitation was unsuccessful. Autopsy revealed acute venous hyperemia of viscera. Histological study revealed mast cells (tissue basophil) degranulation in the skin (at the area of injections), myocardium and lungs. What kind of hypersens
Answer options
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- Immune complex-mediated
- Delayed-type hypersensitivity
- Complement-mediated cytotoxic
- Anaphylactic
Correct answer
Anaphylactic
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