Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2013
A male patient has been diagnosed with acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. It is most likely that the lesion of the basement membrane of renal corpuscles was caused by the following allergic reaction:
Answer options
- Immune complex
- Cytotoxic
- Stimulating
- Delayed
- Anaphylactic
Correct answer
Immune complex
Explanation
This is the 3rd type of allergy reaction. The complex was formed by the Streptococcal antigen and the human antibody.
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