MICROBIOLOGY W/ACCESS
MICROBIOLOGY W/ACCESS
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781266808685
Author: Cowan
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 16, Problem 8CTQ
Summary Introduction

To determine:

The reason for the immunologic reaction that is occurring in the patient after exposure to antibiotic penicillin.

Introduction:

Hypersensitivity is the condition when the immune system produces an excessive and undesirable reaction. There are four categories of hypersensitivity reactions; type I, II, III and IV. Type I is an immediate or anaphylactic hypersensitivity

Summary Introduction

To determine:

One hypothesis which could explain the reason for the occurrence of symptoms when an infected individual never been exposed to the drug.

Introduction:

Hypersensitivity is the condition when the immune system produces an excessive and undesirable reaction. There are four categories of hypersensitivity reactions; type I, II, III and IV. Type I is an immediate or anaphylactic hypersensitivity

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