nbme20/Block 3/Question#4
An 18-year-old woman comes to the physician because ...
Reactive T lymphocytes
zup
misread the "accounts for" question as what's the reason for the atypical lymphocytes. So I answered "virus infected B lymphocytes." Anyone else misread it like that?
+1 2019-06-04T00:51:42Z
nala_ula
Shit, I misread that too and I noticed it now. Nerves get the best of us!
+ 2019-06-11T01:29:15Z
to snoo-finity ... and beyond!
submitted by haliburton(32), 2019-05-16T21:41:27Z
FA 2017: Infects B cells through CD21. Atypical lymphocytes on peripheral blood smear G —not infected B cells but reactive cytotoxic T cells. ⊕ Monospot test—heterophile antibodies detected by agglutination of sheep or horse RBCs. Use of amoxicillin in mononucleosis can cause characteristic maculopapular rash.