Tuberculosis Flashcards
highly infectious chronic disease caused by tubercle bacilli
Pulmonary tuberculosis
CAUSATIVE AGENTS
(MT,MA,MB)
-microbacterium tuberculin
-microbacterium africanum
-microbacterium bovis
TB among children
Primary tuberculosis
Two types of TB
(PTB,EPTB)
-Pulmonary Tuberculosis
-Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis
A type of TB Confine in the lungs
Pulmonary tuberculosis
A type of the that affect the other organs
Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Mode of transmission
(D,A,D,I)
Droplets
Airborne
Direct invasion
Ingestion of unpasteurized milk
Postulation temperature to destroy the bacteria in the milk
60 degrees for 30 minutes
11.6 degrees for 15 minutes
Intubation period
2-8 weeks
PERIOD OF COMMUNICABILITY
-While bacillus in the sputum
-Good compliance to regimen– not contagious 2-4 weeks after
Enclosed space for 3 months
Close contact
Enclosed environment, skin to skin contact (prison cell)
High risk group
Patient with aids,HIV,Diabetes Mellitus and renal failure; due to decrease immune system
High risk clinical
Cardinal signs of TUBERCULOSIS
(P,NS,WL,A,H,L)
-Persistent cough
-Night sweat
-weight loss
-Anorexia
-Hemoptysis
- Low grade fever in the afternoon
Diagnostic test for tuberculosis
(D,X,T,)
Direct Sputum smear microscopy
Xray
TB Skin test
When to get sputum for conventional strategy of (Spot)
The next day early in the morning
When to get sputum for of Spot-Spot
1st: get it immediately
2nd: after 1 hour
3rd: early in the morning the next day
To identify pathogenic organisms and to determine whether malignant cells
are present.
Sputum test
Usual method: _____
Expectoration
Why do you need to Instruct the patient to clear nose and throat and rinse mouth to decrease contamination of sputum
Because it can lead to inaccurate result
Why do you need to instruct the patient that After taking few deep breaths, patient coughs rather than spits using the diaphragm and expectorates into a sterile container.
To get an accurate result
Deepest specimen from the base of the lungs: obtained in ______ after they have accumulated overnight.
Morning
Specimen delivered to the lab within ____hours: prevents overgrowth of microorganisms
2 hours
What if it is beyond 2 hours
Put it in the refrigerator
Why do you Offer oral hygiene after collection
To decrease the taste of sputum
Detects fluids, tumors, foreign bodies and other pathologic conditions
Chest xray
Does chest xray Usually taken after full inspiration or deep breath:
Yes
Instruct to remove __________________
Jewel or metal
IF TWO SPUTUM ARE POSITIVE
It means its positive
IF ONE POSITIVE AND ONE NEGATIVE
Retake
Classification based on history of previous TB treatment (patient registration group)
(N,R,T,T,O,P)
1.NEW
2.Relapse patients
3.Treatment after failure patients
4. Treatment after loss to follow-up patients
5. Other previously treated patients
6. Patients with unknown previous TB treatment history
Not diagnose yet or before
Patient taken anti-tuberculosis dug for 2 months
New