Acute Glomerulonephritis is a sequalae of repeated infection with Streptococcus pyogenes. The pathogenesis involved in this complication is
A. Deposition of antigen-antibody-complement complexes on the basement membrane of kidney glomeruli
B. Molecular mimicry in which some of the bacterial proteins resembles those of basement membrane of kidney glomeruli
C. An immunological response to specific Protein A
D. An immunological response to the antigen determining the Lancefield classification of the bacterium
Answer: A. Deposition of antigen-antibody-complement complexes on the basement membrane of kidney glomeruli
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