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doc2003
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04/19/05 - 01:46 PM

49 year old man with pneumococcal pneumonia has acute fibrinous pleuritis. Which of the following proteolytic enzymes is required to eliminiate the exudate and restore normal pleural anatomy?

1-plasmin
2-collagenase
3-thrombin
4-trypsin
5stromeloysin

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04/19/05 - 04:47 PM

plasmin

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04/19/05 - 09:22 PM

Plasmin

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doc2003
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04/20/05 - 10:51 AM

thanks for the responses but can you guys explain why you picked plasmin...why cant it be trypsin?

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04/20/05 - 02:25 PM

hey there's fibrin among othr stuffs in the exudate! it is due to the prcoagulant effect by virtue of inflammatory mediators in the body cavity!

it will be removed by fibrinolysis [plasmin] or may be converted into fibrinous scar [organization]

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06/24/06 - 07:48 PM

Correct it is plasmin

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06/25/06 - 01:36 PM

plasmin

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