A 19 year old male come see you in complains about a strange looking rash on his

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A 19 year old male come see you in complains about a strange looking rash on his leg. He was hiking in Vermont over spring break and says he noticed the rash. He also tells you that he has a headache and some dizziness. The rash is white in the center and has red rings around it.
A. you figure that he suffers from an infection with
1. vibrio cholera
2. borrelia hermsii
3. borrelia burgdorferi
4. T. pallidum pertenue
5. T. pallidum endemicium

B. the type of lesion that he has is called
1. erythema nodosum
2. erythema nigracans
3. erythema targetsum
4. erythema migrans
5. erythema pallidum

C. the disease he has most likely contacted is
1. Lyme disease
2. relapsing fever
3. yaws
4. cholera
5. pinta

THIS IS MICROBIOLOGY

Explanation / Answer

A . Answer : Borrelia recurrentis - symptoms  fever, headache, arthralgias, and stiffness of the neck following the onset of the rash by a week. medicine : doxycycline

B. Answer: erythema migrans (EM)

C. Answer:  Lyme disease

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