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First-line treatments for this disease are remembered with the mnemonic RIPE (10[3])(“ripe”). Millimeter-sized (10[2])lesions are found throughout the body (10[1])in this disease’s “miliary” form. (10[1])This disease (-5[1])is the most common target of an interferon-gamma release assay (10[2]-5[1])and can be diagnosed (10[1]-5[1])with an (-5[1])intradermal (10[1])injection (10[1])of purified (10[1])protein (10[3])derivative (10[4])in the (10[1])Mantoux (10[3])(“man-TOO”) test. (10[5]-5[1])That (-5[1])test (10[2])may (10[1])yield a false (10[1])positive (10[2])if the patient has (10[1])received the (10[1])BCG (10[1])vaccine (10[1])for this disease. (10[6])Robert Koch (10[2])discovered (10[1])that the causative (10[2])agent (10[1])of this disease, (10[1])like leprosy, (10[1])belongs to the genus (10[1])Mycobacterium. (10[5]-5[1])For 10 points, name (10[1])this contagious (10[4]-5[1])respiratory (10[1])disease (10[5])historically (10[3])known as (10[2])consumption. (10[5])■END■ (10[23])

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