"...simple antibiotics is all that is needed for "
treatment/cure?"
Not sure if the simplest ones will do it, but by the Grace of God it is readily treatable/curable today. Not like centuries ago.
SPOILER ALERT
This was also the plot on House tonight. (I hope that worked)
Dang it. What are the odds I'd read your post before the end of House? LOL!
She's from L.A., so I suppose there's a chance that she's a lesbian.