• 2
  • Introduction
  • Learning Objectives
  • Recognizing Persons And Groups At High Risk For Tuberculosis
  • Identifying People to be Further Evaluated for Tuberculosis
  • Evaluating Patients Presenting with Symptoms Suggestive of TB
  • Medical History and Physical Exam
  • Screening and Diagnostic Tests
  • Diagnostic Methods and Tests
  • Xpert MTB/RIF
  • Diagnostic Methods and Tests
  • Collecting Sputum for Smear Examination
  • Point of Care Testing
  • Other Sputum Collection Methods
  • Case Detection of Tuberculosis and HIV
  • People with Suspected Drug-Resistant TB
  • Pediatric Diagnosis
  • Case Reporting
  • Contact Investigation
  • Target Groups for Isoniazid Preventive Therapy
  • Summary Module 2

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 of the following confirms a microbiological diagnosis of TB?

• a) Chest radiograph


• b) Detection of acid-fast bacilli in smear examination


• c) Positive tuberculin skin test


• d) Positive culture of M. tuberculosis