Topical Antivirals — MCQs

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Q1

A pregnant female presents with active herpetic lesions on the vulva. What is the most appropriate management?

Q2

A 32-year-old gay male presented to his community STD clinic with perianal condyloma acuminatum. Physical removal was recommended due to the size of the lesions, along with topical immunomodulatory therapy. Which of the following drugs was most likely selected?

Q3

Idoxuridine is used for treatment of?

Q4

Comment on the image shown:

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Q5

A child presents with grouped vesicles on an erythematous base on the buttocks. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Q6

The following finding of acantholytic cells on Tzanck smear can be seen in:

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Q7

Which of the following drug classes is commonly implicated in causing Stevens-Johnson syndrome?

Q8

Topical steroids can be used in which of the following keratitis conditions:

Q9

A 55-year-old woman presents with painful oral erosions and minimal skin involvement for 3 months. Nikolsky sign is positive on the oral mucosa. Serum is sent for autoantibody testing. Histology of a perilesional biopsy shows suprabasal acantholysis with a tombstone row of basal keratinocytes (Image). In this predominantly mucosal variant of pemphigus vulgaris, which autoantibody titre best correlates with mucosal disease activity and guides decisions about tapering systemic immunosuppression?

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Q10

A 24-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a 3-day history of a rapidly spreading rash on his hands and forearms. He had a cold sore on his lip 10 days ago. He denies any new medications. There is no mucosal involvement. The rash is shown (Image 2). Which of the following statements best describes the underlying immunopathological mechanism responsible for this eruption?

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