LEK Exam: 2018 sesja jesienna, subject: Medycyna rodzinna, question nr: 16

Indicate the true statement concerning the use of antibiotics in the case of tick bites:

A. antibiotic should be used when the specific antibodies were detected in spite of a lack of clinical symptoms

B. therapy with antibiotic lasting several months neither bring any medical advantage nor improves the patient's quality of life.

C. Post-exposure prophylaxis (single 200mg dose of doxycycline) should be performed in every person within 48 hours of the bite

D. The answers A, B are correct

E. The answers A, B, C are correct

Dział: Medycyna rodzinna