KROK 1 2008 – Question 16 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
In order to speed up healing of a wound of oral mucosa a patient was prescribed a drug that is a thermostable protein occurring in tears, saliva, mother’s milk as well as in a new-laid hen’s egg. It is known that this protein is a factor of natural resistance of an organism. What is it called?
- A. Interleukin
- B. Interferon
- C. Complement
- D. Lysozyme
- E. Imanine
Hint
The sources named in the stem are body secretions and egg white, and the protein is heat-stable; ask which listed factor of natural resistance acts directly on bacteria rather than signalling between cells or circulating in serum.
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