COMLEX Osteopathic Medicine

Category - Genitourinary

Over the past few years, which condition has shown an increase with a primary syphilis infection?
  1. Gonorrhea
  2. Chlamydia
  3. HIV
  4. HSV-2
Explanation
Answer - C - Over the past few years, major metropolitan areas have been reporting increases in HIV with syphilis. One of the main reasons for this is that the classic primary syphilis sore or secondary syphilis lesion is an open wound and can be an easy entry way for bodily fluid contact to transmit infection with HIV.
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