What statement regarding chlamydial infections is correct?
a. The treatment of choice is oral penicillin.
b. The treatment of choice is nystatin or miconazole.
c. Both men and women may have asymptomatic infections.
d. Clinical manifestations include small, painful vesicles on the genital areas.
ANS: C
The incidence of asymptomatic chlamydial infections is as high as 50% of men and 75% of women. Symptoms of chlamydial infection in men include meatal erythema, tenderness, itching, dysuria, and urethral discharge. Oral penicillin, nystatin, and miconazole are not the antibiotics of choice. Small, painful vesicles on genital areas are clinical manifestations of herpetic infections.
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