A Patient Has Been Taking Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX)for 14 Days

A patient has been taking trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) for 14 days.The patient calls the primary care nurse practitioner (NP) to report fever,rash,and enlarged lymph nodes.The NP should suspect:

A) serum sickness reaction.
B) immediate sensitivity reaction.
C) cytotoxic hypersensitivity reaction.
D) cell-mediated hypersensitivity reaction.

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