Access Medicine's Case of the Week: Pathogenic Viruses: Rabies
From Sherris Medical Microbiology
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Case:
A 15-year-old boy in San Francisco reaches into a car to pet another family’s dog and is bitten on the finger.
Question 1 of 3:
What is the next course of action?
A - Obtain documentation of the dog’s immunization status
B - Give rabies immune globulin
C - Give rabies immune globulin plus rabies vaccine
D - Give interferon-γ
E - Examine the dog’s brain for rabies antigen
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