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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2020

A 35-year-old forestry officer was delivered to the hospital on the 7th day after the onset of the disease. He complains of chills, elevated body temperature up to 40.0°C, sharp headache, and myalgias. On examination his face is puffy and hyperemic, the tongue is dry, "chalk-dusted": In the left inguinal area, a sharply painful conglomeration of enlarged lymph nodes can be palpated. The skin over the conglomeration is hyperemic and tense. What etiotropic therapy should be prescribed to this patient?

Answer options

  1. Administration of heterologous serum
  2. Ribavirin
  3. Ketoconazole
  4. Streptomycin
  5. Human immunoglobulin intravenously
Correct answer

Streptomycin

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