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Mstoniy Mstoniy
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A patient has a sore throat with fever. The primary care NP observes erythematous 4+ tonsils with white exudate. A rapid antigen strep test is negative, and a culture is pending. The NP orders amoxicillin as empiric treatment.
 
  The patient calls the next day to report a rash. The NP should suspect: a. penicillin drug allergy.
  b. a viral cause for the patient's symptoms.
  c. a serum sickness reaction to the penicillin.
  d. scarlatiniform rash from the streptococcal infection.
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Certain viral infections, such as mononucleosis, increase the frequency of rash in response to penicillin and is commonly attributed to penicillin allergy.
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