You suspect a 14 year old with persistent cough, anorexia, low-grade fever, and night sweats has tuberculosis. What is the most accurate statement about the treatment of this patient?
1. A nurse needs to collect serial sputum cultures in the a.m. and do serial AFB tests.
2. Latent TB would be treated with antituberculin medication combinations in higher doses for nine months.
3. Anti-tubercular medications given in higher doses in combination for six months are only effective after BCG vaccine is given.
4. Active TB is treated with combinations of rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol, and streptomycin in higher doses for six months.
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1. The time of day does not influence when the sample should be taken.
2. Active TB is treated with combinations of rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol, and streptomycin in higher doses for six months.
3. Active TB is treated with combinations of rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol, and streptomycin in higher doses for six months.
4. Active TB is treated with combinations of rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol, and streptomycin in higher doses for six months.
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