A 34 year-old graduate student presents to the student healthcenter with reddish, crusted lesions on his penis. He is treatedwith fungal cream. One week later he returns because the lesionsare not getting better, and he is prescribed dicloxacillin(penicillin derivative) for a presumed staph infection. It’ beenover 3 months since his initial visit, and the lesions on his penishave resolved. However, he now returns with a rash on his trunk andsees a different provider who knows the patient is a man who hassex with men.
3. The lesions are called __________ and are a“hallmark” of _________ stage of disease.
Question 3 options:
| A. chancres / primary |
| B. chancres/ secondary |
| C. Boils / primary |
| D. Boils / primary |
A 34 year-old graduate student presents to the student healthcenter with reddish, crusted lesions on his penis. He is treatedwith fungal cream. One week later he returns because the lesionsare not getting better, and he is prescribed dicloxacillin(penicillin derivative) for a presumed staph infection. It’ beenover 3 months since his initial visit, and the lesions on his penishave resolved. However, he now returns with a rash on his trunk andsees a different provider who knows the patient is a man who hassex with men.
4. The rash indicates?
Question 4 options:
| A. Secondary syphilis |
| B. The staph infection has developed into toxic shocksyndrome |
| C. Primary chlamydia |
| D. The patient has a second infection with another pathogen |
