A Physician Diagnoses a Patient with Lepromatous Hansenʹs Disease

question 47

Multiple Choice

A physician diagnoses a patient with lepromatous Hansenʹs disease. All of the following pertain to the patient EXCEPT

• A) treatment will include injections of penicillin.
• B) a skin biopsy will be taken to aid diagnosis.
• C) the disease has progressed from the tuberculoid stage.
• D) disfiguring nodules form all over the body.
• E) infection probably occurred as a result of prolonged contact with another infected individual.

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