KROK 1 2012 – Question 115 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient has been diagnosed with acute glomerulonephritis that developed after he had had streptococcal infection. It is most likely that the affection of basal glomerular membrane is caused by an allergic reaction of the following type:
- A. Stimulating
- B. Cytotoxic
- C. Immune complex
- D. Anaphylactic
- E. Delayed
Hint
Ask which hypersensitivity mechanism links a preceding streptococcal infection and circulating antibodies to inflammatory injury of the filtering membrane of the kidney.
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