KROK 1 2010 – Question 145 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A patient with skin mycosis has disorder of cellular immunity. The most typical characteristic of it is reduction of the following index:
- A. Immunoglobulin G
- B. T-lymphocytes
- C. B-lymphocytes
- D. Immunoglobulin E
- E. Plasmocytes
Hint
Cellular immunity depends on one lineage of cells, whereas the other lineage and its secreted products belong to humoral immunity, so decide which index mirrors the cellular arm.
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