A nurse in the outpatient clinic notes that a patient has been treated for syphilis three separate times in the past 2 years. What should the antibiotic treatment for this patient consist of this time?
a. Penicillin G
b. Penicillin G today and a follow-up with another injection in 1 month
c. Penicillin G today and 3 months of oral tetracycline antibiotic medications
d. Penicillin G today and a 2-month protocol of oral antiviral agents
C
The patient who has had syphilis for more than 1 year will need a long-term antimicrobial remedy, as well as an initial dose of penicillin G. Antiviral agents are not used in the treatment of a bacterial disease.
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