RESPIRATORY
OLD TUBERCULOSIS
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Question
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Patient who has never received treatment or has received less than one month
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Patient who received treatment for more than a month
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Patient receiving treatment
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Patient with positive bacilloscopy at the end of the first phase of treatment
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Detailed explanation-1: -Miliary TB is classified as PTB because there are lesions in the lungs. A patient with both pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB should be classified as a case of PTB. b) New case-ATB patient who has never had treatment for TB or has taken anti-TB drugs for less than one month is considered as a new case.
Detailed explanation-2: -i. New case – a patient who has never had treatment for TB or who has taken anti-TB drugs for less than one (<1) month.
Detailed explanation-3: -TB is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs. It is transmitted from person to person through the air. The symptoms of active TB include cough, chest pains, weakness, weight loss, fever and night sweats.
Detailed explanation-4: -Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is defined as disease due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is resistant to isoniazid (H) and rifampicin (R) with or without resistance to other drugs.