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what parts of the world do people come from that have drug resistant TB?
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- south korea
- china - south america |
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what are the 2 categories of TB?
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infection and active disease
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define TB infection?
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the person carries mycobacterium but does not have symptoms
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define active disease?
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person has mycobacterium and has symptoms
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how is M. tuberculosis spread?
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person to person
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who has the high risk of getting TB?
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alcoholics
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where is drug-resistant TB most likely to come from?
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china or peru
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what is cetheliciden?
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an antimicrobial agent that is naturally produced in the body from vitamin D
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what is primary TB?
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also called latent TB this is when the person has a positive skin test but no symptoms
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what is progressive primary tuberculosis?
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this is TB that is symptomatic and never has a latent period
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what is post-primary TB?
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person gets infected, goes into a latent period, and then later in life redevelops the disease because the person becomes immunocompromised
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what must you do to anyone you are about to put on a immune system modulating drug?
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test them for TB
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where is TB most likely to go outside the lungs?
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lymphatics
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which antigens are specific for M. tuberculosis?
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- ESAT
- CFP10 |
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what is a primary complex?
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an exudative lesion plus enlarged draining hilar lymph nodes that appear on a chest x-ray
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what is a Gohn complex?
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a calcified primary complex
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what is a Simon Foci?
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when TB spreads to the apices of the lung
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how can you get a false positive tuberculin skin test?
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poor nutrition
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what is milliary TB?
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TB with small granulomas that are scattered all over the lungs (lungs look like they where shot with buck shot)
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what can give you a false negative TB skin test?
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milliary TB; all the sensitized T cells are fighting the infection leaving none to respond to the test
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what are 2 causes of septic pyuria?
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- TB
- chlamydia |
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what is the most common bone for TB to spread to? what is this called?
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- lumbar vertebrae
- Pott's disease |
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T or F: a person must have active disease to spread TB.
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true
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where would I find mycobacterium kansasii?
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- chicago
- houston - new orleans - dallas |
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what color are M. kansasii?
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i don't know but they turn yellow if you shine light on them
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what is the most virulent of the uncommon mycobacterium?
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- photochromes (group I, M. kansasii)
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what color are group II M. scrofulaceum?
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orange independent of light exposure
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what mycobacterium infection do AIDS patients get?
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Mycobacterium Avium Complex
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if you have a mycobacterium that can be cultured in < 7 days what is it?
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group IV (rapid growers)
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if you have a positive niacin test, what mycobacterium do you have?
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M. tuberculosis
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