KROK 1 2013 – Question 16 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A female patient has been diagnosed with cervical erosion, which is a precancerous pathology. What defense mechanism can prevent the development of a tumor?
- A. Simplification of the antigenic structure of tissues
- B. Increase in the activity of lysosomal enzymes
- C. Low-dose immunological tolerance
- D. High-dose immunological tolerance
- E. Increase in natural killer level (NKcells)
Hint
Consider which mechanism lets the body detect and eliminate transformed cells early, and whether each listed change would strengthen or weaken that defence.
The answer, the explanation and a note on every option are available once you log in. The account is free: topic tests, a mock exam, mistake review and statistics.
More questions on Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
- A patient with suspected dysentery has been admitted to the infectious diseases hospital. Which basic method of laboratory diagnosis must be applied…
- Bacteriological examination of purulent discharges from the urethra revealed some gram-negative bean-shaped bacteria located in the leukocytes. They…
- A 50-year-old patient has been administered laevomycetin for the treatment of typhoid fever, but on the next day the patient’s condition worsened…
- A hospitalized patient bitten by a rabid animal has an avulsive wound of shin. What kind of vaccine must be given to prevent rabies?
- A child entering the school for the first time was given Mantoux test in order to determine if there was a need for revaccination. The reaction was…
- A diseased child has a high fever, sore throat, swelling of submandibular lymph nodes. Objectively: pharyngeal mucosa is edematous, moderately…