A 22-year-old woman is being seen at the clinic for problems with vulvar pain, dysuria, and fever.On physical examination, the nurse notices clusters of small, shallow vesicles with surrounding erythema on the labia.Inguinal lymphadenopathy present is also present.The most likely cause of these lesions is:

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The presence of vesicles, surrounding erythema, and inguinal lymphadenopathy are all characteristic of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection. Pediculosis pubis and contact dermatitis do not typically present with vesicles and erythema in this distribution, and HPV infection typically presents with wart-like growths rather than vesicles.

A 22-Year-Old Woman Is Being Seen at the Clinic for Problems