11: Anti-Infective/Anti-TB&Anti-Fungal Drugs

Question 0

Cavity or cavitation

Answer 0

An area of tissue destruction and cell death caused by the growth of the tuberculosis organism

Question 1

Aerosol transmission

Answer 1

Transfer of bacteria fill droplets through the air when a person with active tuberculosis coughs, laughs, sneezes, whistles, or things

Question 2

Fungicidal

Answer 2

Having the ability to kill a fungus

Question 3

Fungistatic

Answer 3

Having the ability to suppress fungal reproduction and growth

Question 4

Fungus

Answer 4

A simple organism with one or more cells such as yeast, molds, and mushrooms, that reproduces by spores, has walled cells, and can live peacefully with humans or infect humans and cause disease.

Question 5

Primary TB Lesion

Answer 5

Small pocket of tuberculosis bacteria that forms after initial infection and causes inflammation that creates an exudate

Question 6

Secondary TB

Answer 6

A reactivation of tuberculosis in a previously infected person whose primary lesion never completely resolved

Question 7

Tuberculosis or TB

Answer 7

A highly communicable disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis