Chapter 48. Tuberculosis
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) is defined as TB that is resistant to:
1. Fluoroquinolones
2. Rifampin and isoniazid
3. Amoxicillin
4. Ceftriaxone
2. Goals when treating tuberculosis include:
1. Completion of recommended therapy
2. Negative purified protein derivative at the end of therapy
3. Completely normal chest x-ray
4. All of the above
3. The principles of drug therapy for the treatment of tuberculosis include:
1. Patients are treated with a drug to which M. tuberculosis is sensitive.
2. Drugs need to be taken on a regular basis for a sufficient amount of time.
3. Treatment continues until the patient’s purified protein derivative is negative.
4. All of the above
4. Isabella has confirmed tuberculosis and is placed on a 6-month treatment regimen. The 6-month
, regimen consists of:
1. Two months of four-drug therapy (INH, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol)
followed by Four months of INH and rifampin
2. Six months of INH with daily pyridoxine throughout therapy
3. Six months of INH, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol
4. Any of the above
5. Kaleb has extensively resistant tuberculosis (TB). Treatment for extensively resistant TB would
include:
1. INH, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol for at least 12 months
2. INH, ethambutol, kanamycin, and rifampin
3. Treatment with at least two drugs to which the TB is susceptible
4. Levofloxacin
6. Lila is 24 weeks pregnant and has been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). Treatment regimens for a
pregnant patient with TB would include:
1. Streptomycin
2. Levofloxacin
3. Kanamycin
4. Pyridoxine
7. Bilal is a 5-year-old patient who has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. His treatment would include:
1. Pyridoxine
2. Ethambutol
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) is defined as TB that is resistant to:
1. Fluoroquinolones
2. Rifampin and isoniazid
3. Amoxicillin
4. Ceftriaxone
2. Goals when treating tuberculosis include:
1. Completion of recommended therapy
2. Negative purified protein derivative at the end of therapy
3. Completely normal chest x-ray
4. All of the above
3. The principles of drug therapy for the treatment of tuberculosis include:
1. Patients are treated with a drug to which M. tuberculosis is sensitive.
2. Drugs need to be taken on a regular basis for a sufficient amount of time.
3. Treatment continues until the patient’s purified protein derivative is negative.
4. All of the above
4. Isabella has confirmed tuberculosis and is placed on a 6-month treatment regimen. The 6-month
, regimen consists of:
1. Two months of four-drug therapy (INH, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol)
followed by Four months of INH and rifampin
2. Six months of INH with daily pyridoxine throughout therapy
3. Six months of INH, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol
4. Any of the above
5. Kaleb has extensively resistant tuberculosis (TB). Treatment for extensively resistant TB would
include:
1. INH, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol for at least 12 months
2. INH, ethambutol, kanamycin, and rifampin
3. Treatment with at least two drugs to which the TB is susceptible
4. Levofloxacin
6. Lila is 24 weeks pregnant and has been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). Treatment regimens for a
pregnant patient with TB would include:
1. Streptomycin
2. Levofloxacin
3. Kanamycin
4. Pyridoxine
7. Bilal is a 5-year-old patient who has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. His treatment would include:
1. Pyridoxine
2. Ethambutol
