Chapter 12.1 PP

Question 1

Disease caused by bacterium

Answer 1

Tuberculosis (TB)

Question 2

Mycobacterium __________.

Answer 2

Tuberculosis (TB)

Question 3

How many people carry TB?

Answer 3

2 Billion

Question 4

How many deaths does TB cause each year?

Answer 4

2 Million

Question 5

What percentage of infections are symptomless?

Answer 5

90%

Question 6

What has plagued humans for thousands of years?

Answer 6

Tuberculosis

Question 7

Ancient Egypt: tabernacular decay was found In?

Answer 7

Spines of Mummies

Question 8

In 406 B.C. who identified a TB-like condition?

Answer 8

Hippocrates

Question 9

In 1906, TB caused ___ out of 1000 deaths in the United States.

Answer 9

2

Question 10

Cough that produces blood

Answer 10

Symptom of TB

Question 11

Fever

Answer 11

Symptom of TB

Question 12

Fatigue

Answer 12

Symptom of TB

Question 13

Long, relentless wasting; the patient becomes weaker and thinner “consumption”

Answer 13

Symptom of TB

Question 14

Another name for TB

Answer 14

Consumption

Question 15

Consumptive “wasting” symptoms due to lung tissue damage.

Answer 15

Symptom of TB

Question 16

How is tuberculosis transmitted?

Answer 16

Through the air, from infected individuals

Question 17

A single sneeze releases how many droplets?

Answer 17

40,000

Question 18

Who is at the highest risk of TB infection?

Answer 18

1. Young children
2. Elderly
3. Individuals in poor heath due to poor nutrition, illness, drug abuse, or AIDS.

Question 19

Tuberculosis treatments in the 19th and early 20th century consisted of what?

Answer 19

Long stays in rural sanatoriums with fresh air (isolation)

Question 20

Tuberculosis treatments in the 1940s consisted of what?

Answer 20

Antibiotics revolutionized TB treatment

Question 21

After how many weeks on antibiotics is an individual no longer contagious with TB?

Answer 21

2 weeks

Question 22

Treatment for TB must continue for how many months to eliminate the organism?

Answer 22

6 to 12

Question 23

Since the 1980s scientists have noted increases in antibiotic resistance in what?

Answer 23

TB

Question 24

In 2000-2004 TB cases how many people didn’t respond to standard treatment?

Answer 24

20%

Question 25

In 2000-2004 TB cases how many were resistant to the antibiotic?

Answer 25

2%

Question 26

In 2000-2004 TB cases how many individuals with XDR-TB died?

Answer 26

one-third