02-01-2015, 10:53 PM
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a 3 year old boy is brought to the physician by his parents because of fever sore throat malaise and lethargy for 2 days. He and his family recently immigrated to the USA and he has not received any routine childhood immunizations. his temperate is 39. 4 C./ Physical examination shows an erythematous pharynx with patches of a tough gray membrane like material that bleeds if it is removed. there is cergvcial lymphedenopathy. A Throat culture grows cornybacterum diphteria. Immunization with which of the following wiuld most likely have prevented this illness?
a- capsular polysaccharide
b- M protein
C- outer membrane protein
d- protease
e- toxoid
a 3 year old boy is brought to the physician by his parents because of fever sore throat malaise and lethargy for 2 days. He and his family recently immigrated to the USA and he has not received any routine childhood immunizations. his temperate is 39. 4 C./ Physical examination shows an erythematous pharynx with patches of a tough gray membrane like material that bleeds if it is removed. there is cergvcial lymphedenopathy. A Throat culture grows cornybacterum diphteria. Immunization with which of the following wiuld most likely have prevented this illness?
a- capsular polysaccharide
b- M protein
C- outer membrane protein
d- protease
e- toxoid