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Tuberculosis Knowledge Quiz

Test your knowledge about tuberculosis (TB) and its impact on public health! This quiz is designed for health professionals, students, and anyone interested in understanding TB better. Gain insights into TB symptoms, diagnosis, treatment strategies, and public health initiatives.

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A highly infectious, chronic respiratory disease caused by the TB bacilli (mycobacterium tuberculosis) isolated by Robert Koch in 1882

What differentiate the role and functions of the midwife from the barangay health worker in the implementation of the TB-DOTS program?

Identify presumptive TB patients and transport sputum specimen

Provide continues health education to patients

Collect and ensure transport of sputum specimen

Attend regular consultation with the health personnel

What differentiate TB infection from an active TB disease?

Tubercle bacilli present

Tuberculin Skin Test Positive

Does not feel sick

None of the above

What type of mask will be ideal to use for patients with tuberculosis to prevent transfer of infection?

Clinical manifestations of tuberculosis includes the following. (Select all that applies)

Cough of more than 2 weeks

Low grade fever during sundown

Difficulty of breathing

Loss of appetite

The most effective strategy in controlling tuberculosis and it takes place in a health facility, treatment partner's house or the patient's house.

It is the primary diagnostic method adopted by the NTP among such individuals because it provides definitive diagnosis of active TB.

Is used to complement bacteriologic testing in making a diagnosis but has low specificity and does not differentiate drug susceptible from drug resistant disease

A basic screening tool for TB infection among children to trigger a delayed hypersensitivity reaction among those previously infected.

For early diagnosis and prompt treatment purposes, finding a case of tuberculosis from among TB symptomatics who present themselves at the health center is what type of case finding activity by the midwife?

This is the purposive effort by the health worker to find cases of TB from among TB symptomatics in the community who do not seek consultations (related to TB) in a health facility.

What is the desired turnaround time of treatment of diagnosed TB patients from the collection of first sputum sample to initiation of treatment for TB.

A person who shared an enclosed space such as the household, a social gathering place, workplace or facility, for extended periods within the day with the index case during the 3 months before commencement of the current treatment episode.

Which among the following are considered as a high risk group in contracting tuberculosis? Select all that applies.

A person with autoimmune disorder

A husband with chronic renal disease

A teenager who undergone kidney transplant

A teacher prescribed with anti-asthma medication

Any person whether adult or child with signs and/or symptoms suggestive of TB whether pulmonary or extra-pulmonary or those with Chest X-Ray findings suggestive of active TB.

Which among the following differentiate extra pulmonary tuberculosis from pulmonary tuberculosis?

Gibbus

Lung lesions

Cervical lymphadenopathy

Distended abdomen

What sputum specimen is obtained at the time of consultation or as soon as the TB suspect is identified?

A patient was previously diagnosed with TB, was treated and completely cured; and presently diagnosed with bacteriologically-confirmed PTB. What treatment category does the patient be under?

Which among the anti-tuberculosis drug can cause damage to the 8th cranial nerve and is harmful to the fetus?

What is the category of treatment of a patient diagnosed with extra pulmonary tuberculosis (Miliary TB), bacteriologically confirmed?

Which anti-tuberculosis drug interacts with oral contraceptive medications with a risk of decreased protective efficacy against pregnancy.

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