База тестів крок-1 з патофізіології (пмк-1)

The products of the complement system are involved in all of the following steps or phases of the inflammatory response except:

1. 
   Chemotaxis
   
2. 
   Increased vascular permeability
   
3. 
   Neutrophil activation
   
4. 
   Phagocytosis
   
5. 
   Killing of bacteria in the phagocytic vacuole
   

A 30-year-old female who has a history of congenital heart disease with a ventricular septal defect presents with persistent fever and headache. A head computed tomography scan reveals an abscess in the right parietal lobe that is 3cm in diameter. Which of the following actions by inflammatory cells best accounts for abscess formation?

1. 
   Formation of nitric oxide by macrophages
   
2. 
   Production of interferon-γ by lymphocytes
   
3. 
   Formation of TNF-β by macrophages
   
4. 
   Generation of prostaglandin by endothelium
   
5. 
   Release of lysosomal enzymes from neutrophils