A Proper Course of Action for a Patient Presenting with Ebola

question 32

Multiple Choice

A proper course of action for a patient presenting with Ebola would be

• A) quarantine and laboratory determination of Ebola IgG antibodies.
• B) vaccination and laboratory growth of Ebola in culture.
• C) course of antibiotics and laboratory determination of Ebola antigen.
• D) antiviral therapy followed by a course of antibiotics.
• E) in-home supportive therapy and laboratory PCR detection.

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