A 32-year-old man from Malawi presents with a painless chancre on his right arm followed 2 weeks later by intermittent fevers, posterior cervical lymp...

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A 32-year-old man from Malawi presents with a painless chancre on his right arm followed 2 weeks later by intermittent fevers, posterior cervical lymphadenopathy (Winterbottom's sign), and erythematous rash. Blood film shows extracellular trypomastigotes. Which organism is most likely?

Accepted Answer

Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

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Trypanosoma cruzi

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Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

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Leishmania donovani

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Plasmodium falciparum

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Human African Trypanosomiasis (Gambiense)

A 32-year-old man from Malawi presents with a painless chancre on his right arm followed 2 weeks later by intermittent fevers, posterior cervical lymphadenopathy (Winterbottom's sign), and erythematous rash. Blood film shows extracellular trypomastigotes. Which organism is most likely?