KROK 1 2021 – Question 127 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Significant radiation exposure leads to changes in the body resistance, suppression of phagocytosis, reduction of nonspecific humoral defense factors, and decreased antibody synthesis. What type of infection can develop as a result of radiation sickness?
- A. Secondary
- B. Recurrence
- C. Superinfection
- D. Autoinfection
- E. Inapparent
Hint
The stem mentions no outside source of infection and no earlier infectious disease; think about which term classifies the origin of the microbe when the host's defences fail, and compare the options by their definitions.
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