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A 46-year-old woman presents with fever, hemoptysis, weight loss, and night sweats. She has never smoked. She recently returned returned from a month-long trip to Asia. A chest radiograph reveals apical lesions with cavitation in the left lung. A purified protein derivative (PPD) test is placed, and 48 hours later an 18-mm wheal develops. Sputum cultures reveal numerous acid-fast organisms. This patient is put on ontact precautions, and a regimen for tuberculosis is staed. Which of the following disorders does this patient most likely have?

A
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
B
Congenital immunodeficiency
C
Miliary tuberculosis, with seeding of distal organs with innumerable small millet seed-like lesions
D
Secondary tuberculosis, resulting from activation of a prior Ghon complex, with spread to a new pulmonary site

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