A patient who wears long-term contact lenses comes to her ph…
A patient who wears long-term contact lenses comes to her physician after noting a small spot on her cornea. Collection of the lesion for culture produced a fast-growing mold with a slight pink color on the surface. Microscopic review showed the following organism. This organism is most likely: pic43.jpg
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A young woman notices a bruise that looks like an erythema migrans lesion on her lower leg. She cannot remember getting bruised, even though she went hiking through the woods last weekend. The bruise goes away in about a week and she thinks nothing more about it. About 2 weeks later, she begins to feel very bad. She has joint and bone pain, extreme fatigue, and her heart just “doesn’t feel right.” What disease does she have, and what antibiotic is used to treat it?
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