A client comes to the clinic complaining of difficulty urinating, flu-like symptoms, genital tingling, and blister-like vesicles on the upper thigh and vagina. She denies having ever had these symptoms before. The medication the physician is most likely to order would be:
A) Oral acyclovir
B) Ceftriaxone I M
C) Azithromycin P O
D) Penicillin G I M

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The symptoms described are indicative of a herpes simplex virus infection, for which oral acyclovir is a common and effective antiviral treatment.

A Client Comes to the Clinic Complaining of Difficulty Urinating