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____ epidemic is considered a major risk factor for opening the door for
active TB infection - ✔✔AIDS
Factors that contribute to the emergence of TB? - ✔✔Epidemic proportions
of TB among HIV patients, emergence of multi-drug resistant strains of M.
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease transmitted by - ✔✔Mycobacterium
tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is spread by - ✔✔coughing, sneezing, laughing or __?
(Airborne)
TB usually involves the lungs but also occurs in - ✔✔kidneys, bones, lymph
nodes, and meninges
3 strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that affect man - ✔✔human, Avian
(bird), Bovine (cows)
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, MDR-TB strains developed due to - ✔✔poor vigilance in treating TB clients,
poor compliance w/ drug therapy, patients lost in FU tx, drug regimens that
infections are not susceptible to anymore
Who are at risk for TB? - ✔✔poor, underserved and minorities; homeless,
socio-economically disadvantaged, residents of inner city neighborhoods,
foreign-born persons, older adults in LTC, injection drug users, medically
underserved in all races
M. Tuberculosis is a gram _____ acid-fast bacilli - ✔✔negative
TB transmission requires - ✔✔close (w/in 6 inchest of person's mouth),
frequent, and/or prolonged exposure
TB cannot be spread by - ✔✔hands, books, glasses or dishes
TB infection - ✔✔small droplet remains airborne for minutes to hours until
inhaled, deposits in alveoli, replicates slowly and spreads to lymphatic
system, cellular immunity limits further multiplication and spreads to
infection, after cellular immune system is activated a granuloma (formed
from alveolar macrophages) contains bacteria and prevents further
replication
Favorable environment for TB - ✔✔upper lobes of lungs, kidneys,
epiphyses of bones, cerebral cortex, and adrenal glands
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