Round 3: Tossup 2

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

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