The nurse is caring for an immune compromised patient. The patient displays a low-grade fever and complains of a burning and shooting pain, along with itching and tingling, that progresses from the clavicle to the scapula
The nurse suspects that the patient will undergo evaluation for which infection?
a. Hepatitis C
b. Shingles
c. Candidiasis
d. Cryptococcosis
B
The immune compromised patient may experience opportunistic infections. Hepatitis C, bacterial infections, and cryptococcosis are all opportunistic infections, but the symptoms this patient is experiencing are consistent with shingles.
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