The patient is a 25-year old female who lives in Hialeah, Florida. She was admit

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The patient is a 25-year old female who lives in Hialeah, Florida. She was admitted to the open-clinic with a low-grade fever, headache, and fatigue which has persisted for four days. Questioning shows the patient works as a dental assistant. She has been in a monogamous relationship for the past 2 months; however prior to that she had multiple sex partners (estimated 4 partners in addition to current) within the last year. She has taken oral contraceptives for the past month; before which she used condoms. She recalls having unprotected sex twice within the last year. Her last menstrual period was ~43 days ago. She has a family history of type-2 diabetes (mother), as well as Parkinson’s disease (grandfather). She does not partake in drugs of abuse. She owns a cat. She has no recent (last 2 years) history of foreign travel. She is allergic to penicillin.

Given your current information, which of the following diseases do you think could be responsible for your patient's symptoms?

Select no more than six answers.

Gonorrhea NGU PID Syphilis LGV Chancroid Bacterial vaginosis Genital herpes Genital warts AIDS Candidiasis Trichomoniasis There is not enough information to select six or fewer diseases at this time.

Explanation / Answer

the patient shows low-grade fever, headache and fatigue

these symptoms are very common. they may be due to disease or may be due to tiredness or any other reason.

thus, the correct option is

There is not enough information to select six or fewer diseases at this time

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