KROK 1 2013 – Question 101 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
The cellular composition of exudate largely depends on the etiological factor of inflammation. What leukocytes are the first to get into the focus of inflammation caused by pyogenic bacteria?
- A. Neutrophil granulocytes
- B. Eosinophilic granulocytes
- C. Myelocytes
- D. Monocytes
- E. Basophils
Hint
Think about which white cell dominates the early, acute phase of a pus-forming bacterial infection and how quickly it arrives compared with the cells that clear up later.
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