Hypersensitivity summary table Flashcards
What is hypersensitivity ?
Excessive undesirable reactions produced by the normal immune system.
How many classes are there for hypersensitivity reactions?
4
What is another name for type 1 reactions?
Allergic reactions.
What are the two types of reactions for type 2 hypersensitivity reactions?
Cytotoxic and no cytotoxic.
What is another name for type 3 reactions?
Immune complex reactions.
What is another name for type 4 reactions?
Cell mediated/ delayed- type hypersensitivity.
What three classes of hypersensitivity reactions involve infectious diseases?
Types 2,3 and 4.
Examples of Type 1 hypersensitivity.
Hay fever, anaphylaxis to drugs, SOME food allergies, SOME asthma, allergy to animals and animal products.
Examples do type 2 (non cytotoxic) are:
Myasthenia Gravis, Grave’s Disease.
Examples of type 2 (cytotoxic) hypersensitivity are:
Good-pasture’s Disease, rheumatic fever, hemolytic disease of newborns, Autoimmune or drug-induced hemolytic anemia.
Examples of type 3 hypersensitivity reactions are:
SLE, RA, glomerulonephritis, serum sickness (anti venoms).
If a bacterium is catalase +, what does it form?
Forms granulomas
Examples of type 4 hypersensitivity reactions are:
Tuberculin test, Poison Ivy, leprosy, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, graft versus host disease.
Staph aureus is….?
Is a cocci, catalase +, coagulase +, gram +
What is beta and alpha-hemolysis?
Beta-hemolysis is complete hemolysis whereas alpha-hemolysis is partial hemolysis