A patient comes to the clinic complaining of difficulty urinating, flu-like symptoms, genital tingling, and blister-like vesicles on the upper thigh and vagina. She denies having ever had these symptoms before
The medication the physician is most likely to order would be: 1. Oral acyclovir.
2. Ceftriaxone IM.
3. Azithromycin p.o.
4. Penicillin G IM.
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Rationale 1: Malaise, dysuria, and tingling or painful vesicles are indicative of a primary herpes simplex outbreak. Acyclovir treats herpes.
Rationale 2: Ceftriaxone IM does not treat herpes.
Rationale 3: Azithromycin does not treat herpes.
Rationale 4: Penicillin does not treat herpes.
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Fill in the blanks with correct word