A patient presents with a 10 day history of high fever, cough and purulent sputum. A chest X-ray shows a dense consolidation in the RUL. The next step is-

When should one suspect the possibility of drug-resistant TB

You are seeing a 23 year old engineer who had sputum tested with GeneXpert, and the result was MTB detected, Rifampin resistance not detected, which of the following statements is true-

You are seeing a patient in your clinic who was recently diagnosed with HIV. Which of the following is true about Tb screening-

Mohan is a 53 year old man who visits your office with a month of productive cough, loss of weight and night sweats. He has type II diabetes, sputum shows 2 plus AFB. You diagnose him with pulmonary TB and start him on ATT. As you start him on TB therapy, what counselling should you provide to counter potential medication side effects and to minimize drug interactions-

You see mohan again more than 6 weeks after starting TB therapy. His weight has dropped from 53kgs to 48 kgs, and he has evidence of temporal wasting. When you talk to him, he endorses ongoing fatigue and night sweats. You worry that he does not seem to be improving clinically after starting TB therapy. What should you do-

On follow-up visits for the next 2 months, Mohan reports improved medication adherence, and his weight increased and symptoms improved. However, he misses his fifth month visit. You call him and mohan comes into your clinic one week later with his wife. He looks disheveled, does not make eye contact, and provides terse answers during your interview. He smells of alcohol. His wife notes that be becomes intermittently tearful at home and stopped going to work and stopped taking medications. what do you do-

Which of the following drugs should be given on an empty stomach for better bioavailability-

Pyridoxine deficiency can occur due to treatment of which anti-TB drugs

56 Year old chronic alcoholic was having constitutional symptoms and his sputum AFB was 2 plus, was initiated on ATT. On the 5th day of ATT treatment, patient noticed yellow discolouration of eye with high coloured urine, his liver function tests were also deranged. Which of the following ATT drugs can be used-

A 35 year old married female presented to the emergency medicine department of a tertiary care hospital with complaints of abnormal behaviour characterised by agitation, excessive irrelevant talking, decreased sleep and appetite for the past 1 month. She had previous history of chronic cough with expectoration, fever with chills and rigors. Was diagnosed with TB and on ATT. which drug is likely to cause the above symptoms-

which of the following statements is FALSE about chest X-rays for TB diagnosis-

In a woman with infertility, suspected to have genito-urinary TB, which of the following specimens is important for diagnosis-

TB cannot occur in -

A patient presents with a 10 day history of fever, cough and purulent sputum. A CXR shows a dense consolidation in the RUL. The next step is-

A 55 year old 40 pack year old smoker consults with you for a 2 month history of cough and blood tinged sputum. He reports that his sister had TB 10 years ago. The CXR shows a cavitary mass in the RUL. What is the next step-

Which of the following is false regarding adverse reactions to TB drugs-

Which of the following diagnostics tests is endorsed by WHO for extrapulmonary TB

What is the mechanism responsible for antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-

All of the following are the examples of selective media used for culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, except-

Which of the following statement is true about the tuberculin test and purified protein-

Which of the following bacteria causes lung infection and is the most common non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection associated with AIDS patients-

A 16 year old boy from remote region in australia is presented to the hospital with a painless lesion on the left side of the neck, it first appeared about 2 months ago as a small lesion but turned into a bigger yellowish white papule as the days passed. Tissue sample was taken , gram staining and AFB done showed gram positive rods, after 4 weeks of incubation transparent colonies appeared on the culture media. Name the possible pathogen-

From the above question which of the following is the correct disease term related to the infection caused by the pathogen-

Mutations in KatG gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are responsible for resistance to-

Tubercular granulomas are made up of-

Which one of the following is not a constituent of Lowenstein Jensen medium-

Which one of the following is a non cultivable mycobacteria-

False negative mantoux test is observed in-