You are studying for your NCLEX exams with a group of friends. Each of you presents a case study to the other students in your group. Your friend Sue gives the following information in her case study: the patient is a child, who presents with a high fever (41 o C) and a rash. The parents report that three days prior to the onset of the rash, the child had a runny nose, diarrhea, and conjunctivitis, all of which they thought indicated influenza. The child has not received any of the common recommended vaccines because until recently, he had been receiving chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia that was diagnosed at 9 months.
-The signs and symptoms of the patient suggest that he has
A) rubella.
B) rubeola.
C) varicella.
D) shingles.
E) candidiasis.

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The child's symptoms, including a high fever, rash, runny nose, diarrhea, and conjunctivitis, along with the history of not receiving vaccinations due to chemotherapy, suggest rubeola (measles). Measles often starts with a high fever, cough, runny nose, and conjunctivitis before progressing to a rash.

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