KROK 1 2014 – Question 85 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Parents of 5-year-old child report him to have frequent colds that develop into pneumonias, presence of purulent rashes on the skin. Laboratory tests have revealed the following: absence of immunoglobulins of any type, and naked cells are absent from the lymph nodes punctate. What kind of immune disorder is it?
- A. Hypoplastic anemia
- B. Autosomal recessive agammaglobulinaemia (Swiss type)
- C. X-linked hypogammaglobulinemia (Bruton type agammaglobulinemia)
- D. Agranulocytosis
- E. Louis-Bar syndrome
Hint
Absent immunoglobulins of all classes with recurrent bacterial infections: ask which lymphocyte lineage, and which stage of its development, is failing.
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