What additional information do you need to obtain from B.A.?
Also you inform B.A. of the test result. She asks you what the result means. How will you respond?
• Take a medical history. Ask about the history of exposure to TB, signs and symptoms (S/S) of active
TB infection, medications, and past medical history (PMH). Find out whether she has regular access
to health care.
• Consider any demographic factors, such as country of origin, age, ethnic group, or occupation,
which may increase her risk for exposure to TB or to drug-resistant TB. Note her domestic and
occupational conditions.
• Ask about current symptoms, including a productive cough, night sweats, afternoon temperature
elevations, weight loss, and pleuritic chest pain.
B.A. has been exposed to infectious TB. Because previous testing results have been negative and this
test result was positive, B.A. may have been exposed to active TB since her last negative Mantoux
test result.
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