MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Retreatment case – a patient who has been previously treated with anti-TB drugs for at least 1 month in the past.

Detailed explanation-2: -Regimens for treating TB disease have an intensive phase of 2 months, followed by a continuation phase of either 4 or 7 months. The continuation phase should be extended to 28 weeks for patients who have cavitation on the intensive chest film and positive sputum cultures after 2 months of treatment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Treatment after failure patients are those who have previously been treated for TB and whose treatment failed at the end of their most recent course of treatment.

Detailed explanation-4: -You’ll be prescribed at least a 6-month course of a combination of antibiotics if you’re diagnosed with active pulmonary TB, where your lungs are affected and you have symptoms. The usual treatment is: 2 antibiotics (isoniazid and rifampicin) for 6 months.