1st April 2022

27-year-old woman attends her regular cervical cancer smear screening appointment

A 27-year-old woman attends her regular cervical cancer smear screening appointment. On examination, you find a small ulcer located on the cervix which is non-tender on palpation. She has no other symptoms, apart from some mild inguinal lymphadenopathy. What bacteria is a swab of this ulcer most likely to reveal?

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