Antitubercular Drugs

Question 1

Directly Observed Therapy (DOT)

Answer 1

Drug dose taken in front of the administrator

Question 2

Extrapulmonary

Answer 2

Occurring outside of the lungs in the respiratory system

Question 3

Gout

Answer 3

a metabolic disorder in increasing levels of uric acid and causing severe joint pain

Question 4

Latent TB

Answer 4

inactive Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium in the body, which is alive but noninfectious and can become active later.

Question 5

Multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis (MDR-TB)

Answer 5

bacterium that is resistant to a number of different drugs; becomes costly to treat

Question 6

Mycobacterium leprae

Answer 6

Bacterium that causes leprosy (Hansen disease), which is a chronic, communicable disease infrequently seen in the United States

Question 7

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Answer 7

bacterium that causes TB

Question 8

Optic neuritis

Answer 8

inflammation of the optic nerve, causing a decrease in visual acuity and changes in color perception

Question 9

Peripheral neuropathy

Answer 9

numbness and tingling of the extremities

Question 10

Vertigo

Answer 10

Feeling of a spinning or rotational motion; dizziness

Question 11

Drugs to treat TB are classified as?

Answer 11

Two tiers: Primary (first-line) and secondary (second-line)

Question 12

Primary drugs do what for a TB?

Answer 12

Provides the foundation for treatment

Question 13

Antitubercular drugs are also used as?

Answer 13

prophylactic therapy to prevent the spreading of TB

Question 14

Secondary drugs are used for?

Answer 14

multidrug-resistant TB(more costly and toxic than primary)

Question 15

Rifampin

Question 16

Ethambutol

Question 17

Isoniazide

Question 18

Drug interactions with antiretroviral medications

Question 19

Ritonavir

Question 20

Acyclovir

Question 21

Nystatin

Question 22

Metronidazole

Question 23

Common adverse reactions to antifungals

Question 24

Amphotericin B

Question 25

Quinine

Question 26

Cinchonism

Question 27

Risk factors of TB

Question 28

MMR Vaccine

Question 29

General vaccine contraindications

Question 30

Gardasil

Question 31

What antitubercular drug is prescribed alone?

Question 32

The most common toxicity for isoniazid is?

Question 33

What is a dose-related adverse reaction to ethambutol?

Question 34

What antitubercular drug is contraindicated in clients with gout?

Question 35

Hansen disease (leprosy) is caused by which bacteria?

Question 36

A client reports orange stains on paper tissue when she urinates. What intervention should the nurse do first?

Question 37

To prevent multidrug resistance to antitubercular drugs, the PCP may prescribe?

Question 38

What best describes DOT in the care of clients with TB?

Question 39

What drugs are included in primary (first-line) treatment for TB?