KROK 1 2018 – Question 174 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A 40-year-old woman was diagnosed with glomerulonephritis based on her clinical symptoms and the results of urine analysis. Anamnesis states chronic tonsillitis. What microorganisms are the most likely cause for her kidney damage?
- A. Mycoplasma
- B. Streptococci
- C. Escherichia
- D. Staphylococci
- E. Meningococci
Hint
Think about which common throat pathogen can leave behind immune-complex injury of the kidney weeks after an infection of the tonsils.
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
- Preventive vaccination against poliomyelitis is made with inactivated vaccine introduced parenterally. What immunoglobulins create the postvaccinal…
- A patient developed pyoinflammatory process of periodontal tissues caused by activation of the microorganisms inherent in the body, which are a part…
- To test donor blood for hepatitis B antigens, it is necessary to use highly sensitive detection methods. What test should be used for this purpose?
- Urinalysis of a patient with acute cystitis shows leukocytes and a large number of gram-negative bacilli. Inoculation has resulted in the growth of…
- The bacteriological laboratory needs to prepare for analysis of materials that are suspected to be contaminated with spores of anthrax causative…
- A family has two children. The younger child is under a year. The child has developed spastic cough attacks. Similar clinical presentation was…