FA 2019 pg184: Genital herpes presents with painful vulvar or cervical vesicles and ulcers; can cause systemic symptoms such as fever, headache, myalgia
sam.lthe question stem states a "a scent vaginal discharge" is that a distractor in the question. +2019-06-22T23:26:34Z
kentuckyfan"Scant" means very little.+2019-06-26T20:24:06Z
Why is this NOT chancroid? Theres nothing here that rules it out.
drachenxChancroid is described as an ulcer.. whilst in this question they mentioned "vesicles". Pretty much only herpes is vesicular+22019-06-12T21:21:50Z
whoissaadThey mentioned ulcers too. I chose chancroid as well, couldn't find a clue to rule it out. Also thought "discharge" was pointing you towards a bacterial infection. But guess I'm wrong :) +2019-07-15T19:17:04Z
emmy2k21I think NBME/USMLE writers make the assumption the patient is in America unless specified otherwise. Chancroid is not common in the US. If the question stem mentions a developing country, then chancroid can make your differential list.+12019-07-20T00:09:32Z
submitted by tissue creep(28), 2019-05-30T23:38:02Z
If anybody has a good way of distinguishing/remembering all the different presentations for genital sores, I'd appreciate the help.