A nurse examines a patient and finds a single, firm, painless open sore with indurated borders on the vulva. The nurse correlates this finding with which disorder?

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The clinical finding is consistent with a chancre found in syphilis. HPV infection causes wartlike growths. Herpes infection forms vesicles rather than chancres. Gonorrhea produces a yellow or green vaginal discharge.

A Nurse Examines a Patient and Finds a Single, Firm