A 48-Year-Old Man Comes to the Office Due to Several

question 485

Multiple Choice

A 48-year-old man comes to the office due to several hours of severe right knee pain.  The patient has a history of peptic ulcer disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease.  His right knee is swollen, erythematous, and tender.  Arthrocentesis is performed and synovial fluid analysis shows needle-shaped, negatively birefringent crystals with many neutrophils.  The medication given to this patient selectively binds to an interleukin-1 inducible enzyme that is highly expressed by inflammatory cells and undetectable in the surrounding normal tissue.  Which of the following is most likely the drug used in this patient's treatment?

• A)Aspirin
• B)Celecoxib
• C)Colchicine
• D)Infliximab
• E)Prednisone

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