A patient is diagnosed with both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and active tuberculosis (TB) disease. Which information obtained by the nurse is most important to communicate to the health care provider?
a. The Mantoux test had an induration of 7 mm.
b. The chest-x-ray showed infiltrates in the lower lobes.
c. The patient is being treated with antiretrovirals for HIV infection.
d. The patient has a cough that is productive of blood-tinged mucus.
ANS: C
Drug interactions can occur between the antiretrovirals used to treat HIV infection and the medications used to treat TB. The other data are expected in a patient with HIV and TB.
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