Round 3: Tossup 2

First-line treatments for this disease are remembered with the mnemonic RIPE (“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 and can be diagnosed (-5[1])with an intradermal injection (10[1])of purified (10[1])protein derivative in the Mantoux (10[1])(“man-TOO”) test. That (-5[1])test may (10[1])yield a false positive if the patient has received the BCG vaccine for this disease. Robert Koch discovered that the causative agent of this disease, like leprosy, belongs to the genus Mycobacterium. (10[1])For 10 points, name this contagious (10[3])respiratory disease historically known as consumption. ■END■ (10[2])

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