TB

Question 1

What percentage of people who are infected with Tb with and without AIDS develop the disease ?

Answer 1

7-10% develop the disease in their LIFE times

AIDS patients 10% per YEAR will develop the disease

Question 2

WHo are more likely to progress to active Tb disease?

Answer 2

HIV infected and Recently infected (within the past 2 years)

Question 3

How is TB transmitted?

Answer 3

airborne

Droplet nucleus-alveolar macrophage access-regional lymph node and blood borne spread

Question 4

What does the quantiferon assay measure?

Answer 4

the amount of interferon gamma

Question 5

What tests do you do to diagnose Tb?

Answer 5

1. Sputum AFB-acid fast bacillus

2. Sputum nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT)

Question 6

How are nontuberculous mycobacteria acquired?

Answer 6

environmental pathogens that affect predisposed hosts

-not contageous

Question 7

What is a predisposing factor NTM?

Answer 7

structural lung abnormality