• 1
  • Introduction
  • Learning Objectives
  • Etiology and Transmission
  • Pathogenesis and Clinical Manifestations
  • BCG Vaccine
  • Risk of Infection
  • Progression of Tuberculosis Infection to Disease
  • Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
  • Summary Module 1

Treatment of Patients with Tuberculosis

• Main Menu
  • MODULE 0 - Introduction
  • MODULE 1 - Etiology and Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis
  • MODULE 2 - Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
  • MODULE 3 - Treatment of Patients with Tuberculosis
  • MODULE 4 - Special Situations
  • MODULE 5 - Adherence to Treatment
  • MODULE 6 - Patient-Physician Communication
  • MODULE 7 - Tuberculosis Infection Control

Question

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1. Which statements describe how TB is transmitted?
Select all that apply.

• a) Close contacts of those with infectious TB are at the highest risk of becoming infected.


• b) M. tuberculosis is expelled when a person with latent TB coughs, sneezes, speaks or sings.


• c) TB is spread by droplet nuclei containing tubercle bacilli.


• d) TB is spread by sharing the same eating utensils.