A Previously Healthy Man Is Diagnosed with Both Secondary Syphilis

question 24

Multiple Choice

A previously healthy man is diagnosed with both secondary syphilis and HIV. What is the most likely way he contracted HIV?

• A) He had unprotected sex with one partner who had contracted syphilis 18 months before their encounter and was also HIV positive; HIV and syphilis are usually transferred together.
• B) He had unprotected sex with an HIV positive partner while he had open chancres from primary syphilis, which increased his risk for contracting HIV.
• C) He had protected sex with an HIV positive partner while his syphilis was in its second year of latency.
• D) He must have recently had unprotected sex with two differently infected partners; HIV and syphilis must be transferred independently, from different sexual partners.
• E) The syphilis spirochete attacked his immune system, making it easier for him to contract HIV from nonsexual contact.

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