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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine · 2009

An 8-year-old child was admitted to the infectious department with fever (up to 38°C) and punctuate bright-red skin rash. The child was diagnosed as having scarlet fever. Objectively: mucous membrane of pharynx is apparently hyperaemic and edematic, the tonsils are enlarged and have dull yellowish-grey foci with some black areas. What inflammation is the reason for the pharynx alterations?

Answer options

  1. Catarrhal
  2. Haemorrhagic
  3. Fibrinous
  4. Serous
  5. Purulent necrotic
Correct answer

Purulent necrotic

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