Challenge: This man recently completed a course of antibiotics. What's the diagnosis?
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008
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I put together these medical challenges. The cases are hypothetical and do not necessarily represent actual or typical presentations of medical diseases. Disclaimer is at the bottom of this page.
2 comments:
from taking triple therapy for h pylori?
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.
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