TB Flashcards
what are the three causative agent of pulmonary tb?
mycobacterium tuberculae
mycobacterium africanum
mycobacterium bovis
what do the three causative agent do in the lungs?
they attack the lung tissue
what lung tissue do the causative agents attack specifically?
lung parenchyma
what organs do the causative agent attack other than the lungs?
heart, liver, throat
mode of transmission of tb
airborne
droplet
milk as a vehicle
how milk posturized?
pasteurization of milk, designed to destroy the pathogen COXIELLA BURNETTI, is accomplished by a time/temp. integrated process.
63 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes
71.7 or 72 for 15 minutes
incubation period for TB
2-10 weeks
enumerate the cardinal signs of TB
cough
night sweat
weight loss
anorexia
loss of appetite
hemoptysis
low grade fever
what. are the two direct sputum smear microscopy of tb?
conventional strategy (spot)
spot-spot
in conventional spot, when do the patient return?
early morning the next day
how many specimen in spot-spot?
3
what are the 3 specimen in spot-spot?
one spot
2nd spot
3rd spot
one spot
right there and then
2nd spot
after 1 hour
3rd spot
the next day early in the morning
nursing consideration for direct spot smear microscopy
no mouthwash, plain water only
what are the 3 diagnostic test for tb
direct spit smear microscopy
sputum analysis
tuberculin skin test or mantoux test
in sputum analysis, what indicates 2 positive specimen?
positive tb
in sputum analysis, what indicates 1 positve and 1 negative specimen?
needs chest xray
what procedure determines the extent of the lesion?
chest xray
other term for tuberculin skin test
purified protein derivative or mantoux test
what is tuberculin test?
to test susceptibility exposure and immunity of tuberculosis
how to determine if it is positive of tuberculin test?
wheal formation or induration
size of wheal formation?
10mm
route of tuberculin skin test?
intradermal
how many ml do they inject in tuberculin skin test? what site?
0.1 ppd injected to left forearm
how many days do they wait for the result of tuberculin test?
2-3 days or 48-72 hours
classification based on history of previous TB treatment
new
relapse
treatment after failure
treatment after lost of follow up (talf)
previously treatment outcome unknown (ptou)
other
discuss NEW
- newly diagnosed patient
- positive sputum smear
- someboday who have taken anti-TB dugs for less than a month
discuss RELAPSE
might have been cured but diagnosed to have
tB again