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10 days after having quinsy caused by beta-hemolytic streptococcus a 6-year-old child exhibited symptoms of glomerulonephritis. What mechanism of glomerular lesion is most likely in this case?
A) Cellular cytotoxicity. B) Immunocomplex C) Anaphylaxis D) Atopy E) Antibody -dependent cell-mediated cytolysis
B) Immunocomplex
10-year-old child had the mantoux tuberculin test administered. 48 hours later a papule up to 8 mm in diameter appeared on the site of the injection. What type of hypersensitivity reaction developed after the tuberculin injection? A) Atopic reaction B) Arthus phenomenon C) Seroreaction D) Type IV hypersensitivity reaction E) Type II hypersensitivity reaction
D) Type IV hypersensitivity reaction
2 days after labour a woman developed shock along with DIC syndrome that caused her death. Autopsy revealed purulent endomyometritis, regional purulent lymphangitis, lymphadenitis and purulent thrombophlebitis. There were also dystrophic alterations and interstitial inflammation of parenchymal organs. What is the most likely diagnosis? A) Hydatid mole B) Syphilis C) Tuberculosis of genital organs D) Chorioadenoma destruens E) Septicemia
E) Septicemia
48 hours after tuberculine test (Mantoux test) a child had a papule 10 mm in diameter on the spot of tuberculine injection. What hypersensitivity mechani-sm underlies these changes? A) Cellular cytotoxicity B) Anaphylaxy C) Antibody-dependent cytotoxicity D) Immunocomplex cytotoxicity E) Granulomatosis
A) Cellular cytotoxicity
It is suspected that the workers of a serum drugs plant at a regional hemotransfusion station are carriers of pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus. In order to detect staphylococcus carriage, the material from the nasopharynx of the workers should be inoculated into the following medium: A) Meat infusion broth B) Endo agar C) Egg-yolk-salt agar D) Kessler medium E) Blood agar
C) Egg-yolk-salt agar
A 10 year old child had the mantoux tuberculin test administered. 48 hours later a papule up to 8 mm in diameter appeared on the site of the injection. What type of hypersensitivity reaction developed after the tuberculin injection? A) Type IV hypersensitivity reaction B) Arthus phenomenon C) Seroreaction D) Atopic reaction E) Type II hypersensitivity reaction
A) Type IV hypersensitivity reaction
A 12-year-old boy has been hospitalized for suspected food poisoning. The fecal samples were inoculated on the Endo agar, which resulted in growth of a large number of colorless colonies. What microorganism is most likely to be EXCLUDED from the list of possible causative agents of the disease? A) Proteus vulgaris B) Salmonella enteritidis C) Escherichia coli D) Pseudomonas aeruginosa E) Yersinia enterocolitica
C) Escherichia coli
A 12-year-old child has developed nephritic syndrome (proteinuria, hematuria, cylindruria) 2 weeks after the case of tonsillitis, which is a sign of affected glomerular basement membrane in the kidneys. What mechanism is the most likely to cause the basement membrane damage? A) Reaginic B) Granulomatous C) Antibody-mediated D) Immune complex E) Cytotoxic
D) Immune complex
A 19 year old woman suffers from primary syphilis. Doctor administered her complex therapy that includes benzylpenicillin sodium salt. What is the mechanism of action of this drug?
A) It blocks DNA synthesis
B) It blocks synthesis of cytoplasm proteins
C) It blocks thiol enzymes
D) It blocks RNA synthesis
E) It blocks synthesis of peptidoglycan of microbal membrane
‘E) It blocks synthesis of peptidoglycan of microbal membrane
A 27- year-old woman has used peni-cillin containing eye drops. In a few minutes itching, skin burning, lips and eyelids edema, whistling cough, decreasing BP appeared. What antibodies can lead to this allergic reaction? A) IgM and IgG B) IgE and IgG C) IgA and IgM D) IgM and IgD E) IgG and IgD
,, B) IgE and IgG
A 3-year-old child has conti-nuous fever, lymph nodes are enlarged, the amount of lymphocytes in blood is significantly increased. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) revealed antigen of Epstein-Barr virus. What diagnosis can be made based on the information given above?
A) Cytomegalovirus infection
B) Burkitt’s lymphoma
C) Herpetic lymphadenopathy
D) Generalized infection caused by herpes-zoster
E) Infectious mononucleosis
E) Infectious mononucleosis
A 30 year old woman has applied a lipstick with a fluorescent substance for a long time. Then she got a limited erythema and slight peeling on her lip border, later there appeared transversal striae and cracks. Special methods of microscopic examination of the affected area helped to reveal sensibilized lymphocytes and macrophages in the connective tissue; cytolysis. What type of immunological hypersensitivity was developed?
A) II type (antibody cytotoxicity)
B) I type (reaginic)
C) IV type (cellular cytotoxicity)
D) III type (immune complex cytotoxicity)
E) Granulomatosis
C) IV type (cellular cytotoxicity)
A 30-year-old patient has dyspnea fits, mostly at night. He has been di-agnosed with bronchial asthma. What type of allergic reaction according to the Gell-Coombs classification is most likely in this case? A) Anaphylactic B) Cytotoxic C) Stimulating D) Immune complex E) Delayed-type hypersensitivity
A) Anaphylactic
A 4 year old child presents with general weakness, sore throat and deglutitive problem. After his examination a doctor suspected diphtheria and sent the material to the bacteriological laboratory. In order to determine the diphtheria causative agent the material should be inoculated into the following differenti- al diagnostic medium: A) Endo’s agar B) Blood tellurite agar C) Ploskyrev’s agar D) Sabouraud’s agar E) Levenshtein-Yensen agar
B) Blood tellurite agar
A 4-year-old child presents with general weakness, sore throat and deglutiti-ve problem. After his examination a doctor suspected diphtheria and sent the material to a bacteriological laboratory. To determine the diphtheria causative agent the material should be inoculated into the following di-fferential diagnostic medium: A) Levenshtein-Yessen agar B) Endo’s agar C) Ploskyrev’s agar D) Sabouraud’s agar E) Blood tellurite agar
E) Blood tellurite agar
A 40 year old man noticed a reddening and an edema of skin in the area of his neck that later developed into a small abscess. The incised focus is dense, yellowish-green. The pus contains white granules. Histological examination revealed drusen of a fungus, plasmatic and xanthome cells, macrophages. What type of mycosis is the most probable? A) Sporotrichosis B) Aspergillosis C) Candidosis D) Actinomycosis E) Coccidioidomycosis
D) Actinomycosis
A 40-year-old woman was diagnosed with glomerulonephritis based on her cli-nical symptoms and the results of urine analysis. Anamnesis states chronic tonsillitis. What microorganisms are the most likely cause for her kidney damage? A) Mycoplasma B) Staphylococci C) Escherichia D) Streptococci E) Meningococci
D) Streptococci
A 5 year old child has been diagnosed with acute right distal pneumonia. Sputum inoculation revealed that the causative agent is resistant to penicillin, but it is senstive to macrolides. What drug should be prescribed? A) Gentamycin B) Tetracycline C) Azithromycin D) Streptomycin E) Ampicillin
C) Azithromycin
A 50-year-old patient has been admi-nistered laevomycetin for the treatment of typhoid fever, but on the next day the pati-ent’s condition worsened, the temperature rose to 39, 60C. The deterioration of the patient’s condition can be explained by:
A) Effects of endotoxins of the causative agent
B) Allergic reaction
C) Insensitivity of the pathogen to laevomycetin
D) Secondary infection
E) Re-infection
A) Effects of endotoxins of the causative agent
A 50-year-old patient with typhoid fever was treated with Levomycetin, the next day his condition became worse, temperature rose to 39, 60 . What caused the complication?
A) Allergic reaction
B) The effect of endotoxin agent
C) Irresponsiveness of an agent to the levomycetin
D) Secondary infection addition
E) Reinfection
B) The effect of endotoxin agent
A 50-year-old woman is being treated for shingles in a neurology unit. What reactivated virus causes this disease?
A) Varicella zoster virus (chickenpox virus)
B) Herpes simplex virus type 1
C) Herpes simplex virus type 2
D) Measles virus
E) Cytomegalovirus
A) Varicella zoster virus (chickenpox virus)
A 55-year-old patient with a characteristic rash, fever, dizziness has been admitted to a hospital. He has been provisionally diagnosed with typhus. No similar cases have been reported. In his youth (15 years old) the patient suffered typhus in a boarding school. What disease is it? A) Cholera B) Typhoid fever C) Measles D) Rubella E) Brill’s disease
E) Brill’s disease
A 6-year-old child with suspected active tuberculous process has undergone di-agnostic Mantoux test. What immunobi-ological preparation was injected? A) DTP vaccine B) BCG vaccine C) Tuberculin D) Tularinum E) Td vaccine
C) Tuberculin
A 60-year-old patient was hospitali-sed to the surgical department because of infection caused by blue pus bacillus (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) which is sensative to penicillin antibiotics. Indicate which of the given penicillins has marked activity to the Pseudomonas aeruginosa? A) Methicillin B) Benzylpenicillin C) Phenoxymethylpenicillin D) Oxacillin E) Carbenicillin disodium
E) Carbenicillin disodium