KROK 1 Stomatology 2016 – Question 147 · KROK (Dentistry)
A doctor examines a 17-year-old girl. The following is detected: pharyngitis, cervical lymphadenopathy, fever. The preliminary diagnosis is infectious mononucleosis. What method of investigation allows to confirm this diagnosis at the disease onset?
- A. Sabin-Feldman dye test
- B. Determining the amount of C-reactive protein
- C. Determining antibodies IgM to Epstein-Barr virus
- D. Microscopy of blood smear according to Giemsa method
- E. Determining antibodies IgG to Epstein-Barr virus
Hint
Think about which class of antibodies appears first in a primary infection and so shows an acute rather than past infection.
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