You Have a Patient Who Is a Positive for Strep

question 17

Multiple Choice

You have a patient who is a positive for Strep on rapid antigen testing (rapid strep test) .You order amoxacillin after checking for drug allergies (patient is negative) but he returns 3 days later, reporting that his temperature has gone up, not down (101.5 °F in office) .You also note significant adenopathy, most notably in the posterior and anterior cervical chains, some hepatomegaly, and a diffuse rash.You decide:

• A)to refer the patient.
• B)that he is having an allergic response and needs to be changed to a macrolide antibiotic.
• C)that his antibiotic dosage is not sufficient and should be changed.
• D)that he possibly has mononucleosis concurrent with his strep infection.

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