A nurse is caring for a client with TB. Which of the following statements would the nurse recog-nize as being true?
a. Meningitis is the leading cause of death from TB.
b. Chemotherapy, if made widely available, could eradicate the disease.
c. Many TB cases are associated with HIV.
d. The TB bacillus is difficult to isolate.
ANS: C
The rise in HIV has led to an increase in TB because the disease depresses the immune system. Chemotherapy is not always effective, especially in the new drug-resistant strains. Meningitis is not a leading cause of death from TB. TB is becoming more difficult to treat because of the new drug-resistant strains, but the TB bacillus is not difficult to isolate.
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