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ACP InternistMKSAP Quiz: 1-week History of Burning Pain, Rash

This 62-year-old man had a lung transplant 3 years previously for IPF and is on tacrolimus, mycophenolate, and prednisone. Which therapy is most appropriate for their zoster outbreak?

  • IV acyclovir
  • Oral famciclovir
  • Oral valacyclovir
  • Herpes zoster vaccine

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