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Pyogenic liver abscesses (liver infection with walled off collection of pus fluid) are caused by pathogens such as…

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E coli
Klebsiella
Enterococcus
Strep
Staph

60% due to biliary tract disease (gallstones, strictures, cysts)

Cellulitis may precede abscesses.

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Presentation of general abscess

and specific liver abscess signs

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Fever + sweats
Malaise
Nausea
Anorexia
Weight loss
Fluid thrill or fluctuation
(liver abscess - jaundice, hepatomegaly, RUQ pain)
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Amoebic liver abscesses are caused by…

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Entamoeba histolytica

Aspiration of fluid = thick necrotic cell fluid

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Hydatid liver cyst is caused by

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Tapeworm

High levels of eosinophils
Common in sheep-rearing countries

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Tuberculosis in liver can lead to

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abscess/cysts

  • ask about foreign travel.
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Risk factors for candidiasis

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Diabetes mellitus
Central venous catheters
Drugs (broad-spec Abx, immunosuppressants, steroids)
Neutropenia (HIV, pregnancy, malignancy)

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Cellulitis risk factors

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Skin break
Poor hygiene
Poor vascularisation of tissue e.g. in diabetes mellitus

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Cellulitis commonest organisms

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Strep pyogenes
Staph aureus (i.e. MRSA)
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Periorbital cellulitis presentations

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Painful swollen eyelids

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Orbital cellulitis presentations

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Painful or limited eye movements
Visual impairment
Proptosis

Test for RAPD, acuity, colour vision (i.e. optic nerve function)

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Lesion cellulitis presentations

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Erythematous
Warm tender
Oedema
Indistinct/poorly demarcated edges and margins

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Abscess Rx

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Antibiotics
Aspiration of pus
Incision and drainage
Complete excision

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Cellulitis Rx

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Medical: oral penicillins or tetracyclines in most community acquired
Surgical: decompression in orbital cellulitis
Abscess: aspirate, incise, drain, excise

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HSV1 - primary infection is often asymptomatic. Usual symptoms include…

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pharyngitis
gingiovostomatis (painful eating)
herpetic whitlow
recurrent infection/reactivation (cold sore)

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HSV2 (genital herpes) signs and symptoms

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Maculopapular rash
Painful blisters, vesicles and ulcers
In genital, perigenital and anal area
Dysuria
Fever, malaise
Inguinal lymphadenopathy
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HSV encephalitis is caused by…

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HSV1

Presents with encephalitis signs i.e. meningism + seizures + confusion

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HSV keratoconjunctivitis signs and symptoms

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Epiphoria (watery eyes)
Photophobia
Dendritic ulcer (stain with 1% fluorescein)

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HSV8

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Kaposi’s sarcoma

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HSV3

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Varicella zoster virus

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Giant multinuclear cells indicates

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herpes simplex virus

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3 phases of HIV

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  1. seroconversion (4-8weeks post-infection)
  2. early/asymptomatic (18months to 15+ years)
  3. AIDS (syndrome of secondary diseases)
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Seroconversion (self-limiting) phase of HIV symptoms

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Fever
Night sweats
Generalised lymphadenopathy
Sore throat
Oral ulcers
Rash
Headache/encephalitis
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Early/asymptomatic phase of HIV symptoms

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Persistent lymphadenopathy

Progressive minor symptoms e.g. rash, oral thrush, wt loss, malaise

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HIV signs in the eyes

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cotton wool spots

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Secondary infections due to HIV immunodeficiency

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Bacterial - TB, salmonella, strep pneumoniae

Viral - CMV, VZV, HPV (warts), EBV (oral hairy leukoplakia on side of tongue)

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Malignancies associated with HIV

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Kaposi’s sarcoma (HHV8)
SCC (cervical or anal)
Non-hodgkin’s b-cell lymphoma
Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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HIV investigations

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HIV antibodies
PCR for viral RNA
CD4 count and viral load
CXR (ground glass appearance in pneumocystis jiroveci)
Brain CT/MRI (ring-enhancing lesions in toxoplamosis)

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Infectious mononucleosis (primary EBV infection) blood test and blood film results will show

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High WCC
Abnormal LFTs
Atypical lymphocytes and lymphocytosis

also do paul-bunnell monospot test and throat swab

29
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Paul-Bunnell/Monospot test is used in…

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EBV infection:

heterophile antibodies produced in response

30
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Infectious mononucleosis Rx

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Bed rest
Paracetamol or NSAIDs
Corticosteroids
No contact sports for 2 weeks due to increased risk of splenic rupture

31
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Amoxicillin or ampicillin given to patient with infectious mononucleosis will induce

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Widespread maculopapular rash

32
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Infectious mononucleosis complications

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Lethargy months post-infection
Resp airway obstruction
Haemolytic/aplastic anaemia
Thrombocytopenia
Splenomegaly
CNS - GBS, encephalitis
Malignancy - lymphoma
33
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Cyclical symptoms of high fever, flu-like symptoms, fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, severe sweating and shivering cold/rigors

Travel 1-2weeks ago Hx

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Malaria

P. faliprum (48hr)
P. malariae (72hr)
P. vivax and P. ovale (48hr fever)

N.b. they can have jaundice and a palpable liver

34
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Malaria diagnostic test

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Thick/thin blood film

using Field’s or Giemsa’s stain.

(n.b. QBC and ICT tests)

35
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Chicken pox VZV signs and symptoms

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Macular papular rash in a dermatomal distribution (face and trunk mostly)
Crops of vesicles with weeping and crusting
Skin excoriation
Prodromal malaise
Mild pyrexia

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Shingles presentation

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Post-stress period
Tingling/hyperasthesia in a dermatomal distribution
Followed by vesicular macular papular rash in same distribution

37
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Chicken pox (primary VZV infection) Rx

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Children - treat symptoms (calamine lotion, analgesia, antihistamines)
Adults - aciclovir if within 24hr of rash

38
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Shingles (reactivation of VZV) Rx

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Aciclovir if within 72hr of appearance of rash if elderly, immunocompromised or opthalmic involvement
± low-dose amitriptyline
analgesia e.g. paracetamol

39
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Post-herpetic neuralgia and ocular disease are common complications in

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Shingles (VZV reactivation)

40
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A 20 year old girl presents with 1 week Hx of have fever, sore throat, weight loss, pyrexia/high fever, lymphadenopathy, inflamed tonsils, and palatal petechiae in the mouth. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Infectious mononucleosis

severe glandular fever will also have splenomegaly, severe faitgue, hepatitis, atypical meningitis, enceptalitis, GBS

41
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Pneumocystitis pneumonia (yeast-like fungus) causes…

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pneumonia in immunocompromised patients i.e. HIV. Cough is usually non-productive.
CXR = reticular interstitial shadowing infiltrates
CT = ground glass

42
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Profuse diarrhoea due to vibrio cholerae Rx

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IV fluids for rehydration

43
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Commonest cause of travellers’ diarrhoea

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E coli

44
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Important cause of diarrhoea outbreaks in children

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Rotavirus

45
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Cytomegalovirus causes an opportunistic infection in immunocompromised hosts that may resemble…

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infectious mononucleosis

46
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Non-blanching petechial rash is specific to which bacterial meningitis pathogen

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Neisseria meningitis

47
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Cerebral abscess can result from local infection. How would you treat:

  1. strep and anaerobic infections
  2. staph infections (commoner)
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  1. IV cefuroxime and metronidazole

2. IV cefuroxime and flucloxacillin

48
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High Ca2+
High ACE
Lymphadenopathy
Erythema nodosum
Lupus pernio
BHL
Discolouration of face
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Sarcoidosis

49
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Transbronchial biopsy of sarcoidosis shows

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Non-caseating granulomas

50
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A 22 year old man presented with a two week history of fever and drenching night sweats. He had experienced severe itching during this time. Examination was normal except for swollen supraclavicular lymph nodes. CXR showed a mediastinal mass. what is the diagnosis?

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Lymphoma

mediastinal involvement is common.
LNs commonly involved are cervical ±supraclavicular
pruritis is found in ~10%
50% associated with EBV infection

51
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Salmonella is what type bacteria

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Gram -ve bacilli

52
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Lumbar puncture: gram -ve diplococci

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Neisseria meningititis

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40 year old social worker, lived in India & the Far East for the last 2 years. He came back with an intermittent fever of 2 months duration. On examination the GP noted tenderness & swelling of the right hypochondrium. He was sent to the hospital where on ultrasound a liver abscess was found. What is the diagnosis?

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Amoebiasis - amoebic abscess.
Caused by E. histolytica
50% report weight loss
Hepatic infection (jaundice)
Travel Hx
Diagnosis from stool culture detects Ag.
54
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Amoebic liver abscess Rx

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  1. Nitroimdazole
  2. Paromomycin
  3. Incision, drainage of abscess
55
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Night sweats, fever, malaise, cough, haemoptysis and erythema nodosum are all suggestive of…

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TB

TB accounts for >90% erythema nodosum

56
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First line tests to order for TB

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CXR and sputum cultures

57
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A 2 month old child has had a fever and cough for 3 days. He is tachypnoeic with grunting and has nasal flaring. What is the likely diagnosis?

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Pneumonia
Displaying signs of respiratory distress.
Most sensitive and specific test here will be CXR, which shows infiltrate, consolidation, effusions or cavitations
Rx: antibiotics (amoxicillin 1st choice in children).

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A 3 year old has a high fever and sore throat for 2 days. This evening he had a generalised convulsion lasting 2 minutes. He is now drowsy but rousable with no localising signs. What is the likely diagnosis?

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Septicaemia secondary to a throat infection caused by group A b-haemolytic streptococcus (Strep pyogenes)
Rapid Ag test and throat swab
Rx: antibiotics

59
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Best investigation for presumed infectious diarrhoea

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Stool culture

60
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A 35 year old homosexual man with HIV presents to his GP having recently noticed painless purple skin plaques on his lower legs and some generalised rubbery lumps over his body. O/E: purple coloured mass on his hard palate. What is the diagnosis?

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Kaposi sarcoma - a low-grade neoplasm caused HHV8. It is associated with HIV immunodeficiency. Oral KS affects hard palate, gums and dorsum of tongue. Cutaneous lesions are purple, painless and non-pruritic. Histopathology of these lesions show atypical spindle-shape cells.

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A sexually active female presents having noticed pearly umbilicated papules on her thigh which feel smooth to the touch. They are itchy. O/E: local erythema around these lesions. What is the diagnosis?

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Molluscum contagiosum
Adults with STIs
Lesions = umbilicated pearly and smooth papules
1/3 have local redness, swelling or pruritis symptoms

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A 35 year old woman who loves birds presents with a 10 day history of a low grade fever and a recent 2 day cough which is non-productive. O/E: diffuse crackles and mild hepatomegaly which is tender on palpation. What is the diagnosis?

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Chlamydia psittaci causes a community-acquired atypical pneumonia

Hepatomegaly can occur here with pain but is uncommon
Rx: tetracyclines

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A 3 year old girl presents with a week Hx of abdominal pain and watery diarrhoea which became bloody after 8 hours. 3 days before, she consumed an undercooked burger. Investigations show mild anaemia and thrombocytopenia with blood smear = multiple schistocytes. Creatinine is raised. What is the diagnosis?

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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome secondary to E.coli gastroenteritis infection

HUS = MAHA, thrombocytopenia, AKI

Schistocytes = thrombotic microangiopathy

64
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Plasmodium falciparum malaria bacteria causes ‘blackwater fever’ as a complication. Definition….

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Haemolysis which releases Hb into the bloodstream and urine - presence of haemoglobinuria (dark red/black urine). Can lead to renal failure

65
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Herpes labialis

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Perioral vesicles / ulcers / crusting

66
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Plasmodium falciparum malaria presentations

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Fever spikes (48hr)
Anaemia, jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, thrombocytopenia

NO RASH OR LYMPHADENOPATHY

67
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A 36 year old man who has sex with men comes to the GP with ulceration, bleeding and discomfort around his anus. He is trying alternative therapies to treat his HIV. What infection is the likely diagnosis?

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Human Papillomavirus

Spread through sexual contact and causes genital warts. Also some with bleeding, pain, change in bowel habit, pruritis ani, masses. Immunosuppression increases inflammation ± development of cancer (cervical and anal).

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