A patient is diagnosed with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. When the patient asks about the length of the treatment regimen, the nurse's best response is which of the following?
1. "After the sputum is converted to negative for TB organisms, the therapy continues for 12 to 24 months."
2. "The entire course of therapy will last 3 to 6 months or until the chest radiograph is normal."
3. "Therapy is indefinite because there is no method of determining responsiveness."
4. "No therapy is completely effective in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, so treatment is needed for several years."
Correct Answer: 1
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