QUIZ WORLD TB DAY 2024

Tuberculosis is caused by a :

• virus

• bacterium

• pox

• fungus

TB infection is spread by :

• contact with blood contaminated with TB bacteria

• contact with clothing contaminated with TB bacteria

• breathing in TB bacteria expelled by a person with infectious TB

• ALL ABOVE

what is common site for TB disease ?

• pleura

• lungs

• brain

• eye

A definitive diagnosis of TB is made with a :

• mantoux test

• chest xray

• AFB smear

• MTB culture

which of following medical conditions places a person at highest risk of developing TB disease after becoming infected :

• HIV infection

• pneumonia

• fatigue

• less then ideal body weight

The difference between latent TB infection and TB disease is that :

• people with latent TB infection are not infectious whereas people with TB diasease can be infectious

• only TB disease can detected by mantoux test, latent TB infection cannot

• people with latent TB infection are infectious, whereas people with TB disease are not

• Latent TB infection is cureable but TB disease is not

Which of the following is NOT a symptom of active pulmonary TB disease ?

• productive, prolonged cough

• fever

• diarrhea

• weight loss

Miliary TB occurs when tubercle bacilli :

• enter the blood stream and are carried to all part of the body

• become visible on the chest xray

• are encapsulated by the body's immune system

• non above

The First-line treatment for latent TB infection is to :

• give isoniazid daily for 6 month

• give rifampicin and isoniazid daily for 90 days

• Akurit -4 for 6 month

• treat with regime of 3 drugs for 12 month

The bacilli Calmette-Guerin ( BCG ) vaccine :

• is not used in United States

• is very effective in preventing TB

• contraindicates the use of mantoux test

• is contraindicated in children under the age of 12