KROK 1 2010 – Question 69 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
48 hours after tuberculine test (Mantoux test) a child had a papule 10 mm in diameter on the spot of tuberculine injection. What hypersensitivity mechanism underlies these changes?
- A. Granulomatosis
- B. Immunocomplex cytotoxicity
- C. Antibody-dependent cytotoxicity
- D. Anaphylaxy
- E. Cellular cytotoxicity
Hint
Use the 48-hour delay of the skin reaction to decide whether antibodies or sensitised lymphocytes are the effectors.
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