A 27-year-old with sore throat, fever, and anterior cervical lymphadenitis is given amoxicillin pending culture. A rash develops; EBV confirmed. What ...

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A 27-year-old with sore throat, fever, and anterior cervical lymphadenitis is given amoxicillin pending culture. A rash develops; EBV confirmed. What does this imply?

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Drug-virus interaction; not a true allergy

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Penicillin allergy

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Anaphylaxis risk with future penicillin

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Stevens-Johnson syndrome

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Serum sickness

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): EBV-Associated Rash

A 27-year-old with sore throat, fever, and anterior cervical lymphadenitis is given amoxicillin pending culture. A rash develops; EBV confirmed. What does this imply?