Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Ahhh

Challenge: This man recently completed a course of antibiotics. What's the diagnosis?

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2 comments:

Alex said...

from taking triple therapy for h pylori?

Craig said...

interesting! I don't know...I think that could be correct. I was thinking something else, but I'll have to look up triple therapy.
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Ahhh

This is black hairy tongue (lingua nigra), a benign condition associated with antibiotic use, candida albicans infection, and poor dental hygiene. Patients have elongated filiform papillae; therapy consists of brushing the tongue with toothpaste.

Sources: UpToDate; Wikipedia.