Deck 45: Tuberculosis

Question 1

Compliance with directly observed therapy can be increased by:

A) Convenient clinic times
B) Incentives such as food, clothing, and transportation costs
C) Offering gifts for compliance
D) All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

Ezekiel is a 9-year-old patient who lives in a household with a family member newly diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). To prevent Ezekiel from developing TB he should be treated with:

A) 6 months of Isoniazid (INH) and rifampin
B) 2 months of INH, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol, followed by 4 months of INH
C) 9 months of INH
D) 12 months of INH

Answer 2

9 months of INH

Question 3

The principles of drug therapy for the treatment of tuberculosis include:

A) Patients are treated with a drug to which M. tuberculosis is sensitive.
B) Drugs need to be taken on a regular basis for a sufficient amount of time.
C) Treatment continues until the patient's purified protein derivative is negative.
D) All of the above

Answer 3

Drugs need to be taken on a regular basis for a sufficient amount of time.

Question 4

Isabella has confirmed tuberculosis and is placed on a 6-month treatment regimen. The 6-month regimen consists of:

A) Two months of four-drug therapy (INH, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol) followed by Four months of INH and rifampin
B) Six months of INH with daily pyridoxine throughout therapy
C) Six months of INH, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol
D) Any of the above

Question 5

Lila is 24 weeks pregnant and has been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). Treatment regimens for a pregnant patient with TB would include:

A) Streptomycin
B) Levofloxacin
C) Kanamycin
D) Pyridoxine

Question 6

Bilal is a 5-year-old patient who has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. His treatment would include:

A) Pyridoxine
B) Ethambutol
C) Levofloxacin
D) Rifabutin

Question 7

Kaleb has extensively resistant tuberculosis (TB). Treatment for extensively resistant TB would include:

A) INH, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol for at least 12 months
B) INH, ethambutol, kanamycin, and rifampin
C) Treatment with at least two drugs to which the TB is susceptible
D) Levofloxacin

Question 8

Leonard is completing a 6-month regimen to treat tuberculosis (TB). Monitoring of a patient on TB therapy includes:

A) Monthly sputum cultures
B) Monthly chest x-ray
C) Bronchoscopy every 3 months
D) All of the above

Question 9

Drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) is defined as TB that is resistant to:

A) Fluoroquinolones
B) Rifampin and isoniazid
C) Amoxicillin
D) Ceftriaxone

Question 10

Goals when treating tuberculosis include:

A) Completion of recommended therapy
B) Negative purified protein derivative at the end of therapy
C) Completely normal chest x-ray
D) All of the above