List top Ten Important Things I need to Know about TB for the Micro Shelf TEST

[IzzyMD09]

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Bullet form would be great

 

[Fenrezz]

Not like there is alot of stuff to know about TB anyways. Just look it up and read about it in First Aid, HY Micro, Pharm and you'll be fine.

Bullet form would be great

 

[medgirl20]

gram +ve
acid and alcohol fast bacilli
ZN stain
must request TB from lab
Pulmonary and extra pulmonary TB
Gohn complex
immuno-suppressed pts
low socio-economic groups
BCG vaccine
4 drugs for 2 mths 2 drugs for 4 mths

Too sleepy to remember anything else look it up not difficult

 

[dreds]

-acid fast stain
-PPD = type 4 rxn
-1* infection: lower lobe; 2* infection: upper lobe
-latent in macrophages of lung
-drug resistance is a problem
-fever, weight loss, night sweats, hemoptysis
-BCG vaccine gives you a + PPD
-HIV+ patients may have PPD anergy

 

[mjl1717]

1)acid fast bacilli
2)lung- miliary TB {looks like millet seeds)
3)In vertebral column its called Potts disease
4)BCG vaccine DOESNT mean a person will always have a +PPD
5)PPD means only exposure to TB, not active disease
6)new-XDR-extremely drug resistant TB
7)granulomatous disease
8)airborne infection
9)INH/B6 is prophylaxis for 6-9 months
10)Good idea to rule it out in any lung symptomology esp. in immunocompromised
11)+PPD means do CXR

 

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TB Tx:

R - Rifampin
I - Isoniazid
P - Pyrizinamide
E - Ethambutol