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is it hzv or teriary syphillis??? - finalbattle2009 - ArchivalUser - 01-17-2011 42. An 82-year-old man comes to the physician because of a 3-day history of low back pain that radiates to the right leg. He also has had a lesion over the right shin and weakness of the right foot. He began taking prednisone 2 weeks ago for acute bronchitis. He has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, benign prostatic hypertrophy, and glaucoma. Examination shows numerous papular and vesicular lesions over the right anterior and posterior shin. There is weakness of right knee flexion, ankle dorsiflexion, plantar flexion, eversion, and inversion; the right ankle reflex is absent. Sensation to pinprick and cold is decreased over the right lower extremity. Which of the following is the most likely causal organism? A ) Borrelia burgdorferi B ) Epstein-Barr virus C ) Herpes simplex virus 1 D ) Poliovirus E ) Treponema pallidum F ) Varicella-zoster virus 0 - ArchivalUser - 01-17-2011 pt taking steroids---so VZV i think 0 - ArchivalUser - 01-17-2011 Yes, shingle for 82 yes old with immunocomprimised due to steroids for cops. Ans F. |