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MCQs in Tropical Medicine

Rob Skelly DTM+H FRCP

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Answer 80

Suppurative lymphadenopathy may be caused by:
True a. cat scratch fever
True b. lymphogranuloma venereum
True c. tuberculosis

False d. sarcoidosis
True e. plague

T T T F T

Table 80

Causes of suppurative lymphadenopathy
Strep. pyogenes
tuberculosis
plague
chancroid
cat scratch fever
tularaemia
lymphogranuloma venereum

N.B. Sarcoidosis, HIV and syphilis do not generally cause suppurative lymphadenopathy.

 
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