Explain how erythrocytes become coated with complement component C3b during an allergic reaction to penicillin
What will be an ideal response?
C3b becomes deposited on the cell surface of penicillin-modified erythrocytes because a bacterial infection is ongoing (the reason that penicillin was administered in the first place). The erythrocyte becomes coated as a bystander effect of complement activation.
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