Week 5

Question 1

What is tuberculosis?

Answer 1

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infectious disease. It is a condition that is both preventable and curable, and yet remains a significant cause of mortality worldwide. TB is caused by bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

Question 2

Symptoms of tuberculosis?

Answer 2

Cough >3 weeks, coughing blood or sputum, chest pain, weakness or fatigue, no appetite, weight loss, fever and/or chills, night sweats.

Question 3

Drugs for tuberculosis?

Answer 3

Isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide.

Question 4

HIV drug classes?

Answer 4

Attachment/fusion inhibitors, reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI/NtRTIs), (NNRTIs). Integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs), HIV-protease inhibitors (HIV-PIs).

Question 5

First line treatment for uncomplicated malaria?

Answer 5

Artemether with lumefantrine.