A 28-year-old with a painful nodule in the groin that ulcerated to a black eschar. He works in a lab handling Bacillus anthracis. Which infection is s...

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A 28-year-old with a painful nodule in the groin that ulcerated to a black eschar. He works in a lab handling Bacillus anthracis. Which infection is suspected?

Accepted Answer

Cutaneous anthrax

Answer

Erysipelas

Answer

Cellulitis

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Cutaneous tuberculosis

Answer

Plague

Infectious Diseases — UKMLA MCQ

A 28-year-old with a painful nodule in the groin that ulcerated to a black eschar. He works in a lab handling Bacillus anthracis. Which infection is suspected?