Tuberculosis

What is the preferred method of TB infection testing for people who have received the BCG vaccine?

Interferon-y release assays

You receive an order to obtain a sputum sample from a patient with suspected tuberculosis infection. The patient is having difficulty coughing up a specimen. Which of the following should you order? (You may choose more than one).

3 mL 3% hypertonic saline via SVN. And 2.5 mg albuterol via SVN.

Kayla is a 25-year-old female exchange student from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She has type 1 diabetes and had a known exposure to tuberculosis as a child. She has received no treatment, and her tuberculosis is in the latent stage. What is the risk of Kayla developing tuberculosis in her lifetime?

30

What is the gold standard for definitive diagnosis of tuberculosis?

Cultures

Patients with suspected tuberculosis infection should be placed in which of the following precautions?

Airborne

How can tuberculosis droplet nuclei be transmitted? (You may choose more than one).

Bronchoscopy, Processing tissue specimens, and singing

Which of the following are risk factors associated with tuberculosis? (You may choose more than one).

HIV infection, IV drug use, and Homelessness

The following are signs and symptoms associated with pulmonary tuberculosis except?

Leukopenia

Active pulmonary tuberculosis often involves which part of the lungs?

Middle and lower lobes

Patients with multiple drug resistant tuberculosis are resistant to at least which two drugs?

Rifampin and Isoniazid

Which of the following is not considered a first line anti-tuberculosis drug?

Streptomycin

Which of the following are true regarding the initial phase of tuberculosis treatment?

Treatment lasts for 2 months.

Tuberculosis has specific characteristics associated with either latent or active tuberculosis. Please label the following with either "L" or "A" based on whether it is latent or active disease.

__2__, , May have symptoms. , __2__, , Respiratory isolation is required. __1__, , Bacilli are alive, but inactive. __2__, , Large number of bacilli in the body. __1__, , Negative smears and cultures. 1., Latent disease 2., Active disease

True or false: Individuals with latent tuberculosis infection can transmit infection.

false

True or false: Tuberculosis only affects the lungs in humans.

false