KROK 1 2012 – Question 107 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
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. Seroreaction
- B. Atopic reaction
- C. Type II hypersensitivity reaction
- D. Arthus phenomenon
- E. Type IV hypersensitivity reaction
Hint
Note the 48-hour delay and the papule at the injection site, and ask whether antibodies or sensitised cells carry out this skin reaction.
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