MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Tuberculosis is preventable and treatable but remains the world’s deadliest infectious-disease killer.

Detailed explanation-2: -TB usually affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body, such as the brain, the kidneys, or the spine. A person with TB can die if they do not get treatment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tuberculosis-related sudden death (TBRSD) is a rare outcome of TB. The possible causes include TB bronchopneumonia, massive hemoptysis, TB myocarditis, and adrenal insufficiency secondary to TB adrenalitis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Majority of TB deaths occurred within two months of the start of treatment and the overall estimated median survival time was 157 days. Based on akaikie information criterion, weibull accelerated failure time model manifested better results as compared with other models.

Detailed explanation-5: -The infected person’s immune system walls off the TB organisms. And the TB stays inactive throughout life in most people who are infected.