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Chapter 30. Tuberculosis
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JK is a 32-year-old HIV-negative patient presenting to your clinic. He receives a Mantoux skin test that returns positive 2 days later. He was born in the United States and works as a prison guard. He injects heroin on a regular basis. His chest x-ray comes back normal, he has no symptoms of tuberculosis, and his smear culture is negative. What type of drug therapy would be appropriate for this patient?
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a. Isoniazid 300 mg daily × 9 months
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b. Rifampin 100 mg daily × 4 months
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c. No drug therapy needed
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d. Isoniazid 300 mg and rifampin 600 mg × 6 months
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e. Isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, and pyrazinamide
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Answer a is correct. The patient does not have any symptoms or indications of active TB disease; so he needs treatment for latent TB infection. This is the correct first-line regimen for treatment of latent TB infection.
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Answer b is incorrect. Rifampin is a second-line treatment for latent TB infection. It can be used in patients with intolerance to isoniazid or in areas where isoniazid-resistant strains of TB are prevalent. The dose of rifampin is also too low.
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Answer c is incorrect. Treating latent TB infection significantly reduces his risk of converting to active disease. He works in a high-risk setting prison where if he were to get active disease it could be spread more easily as well.
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Answer d is incorrect. Latent TB infection typically only requires monotherapy.
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Answer e is incorrect. Latent TB infection typically only requires monotherapy. This four drug regimen is used in treating active TB disease.
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BCG vaccine should be routinely given to which patient in the United States?
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e. BCG vaccine is not routinely recommended in the United States
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Answer e is correct. BCG vaccination should not be routinely given to any specific age group in the United States.
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Answers a, b, c, and d are incorrect. BCG vaccination should not be routinely given to any specific age group in the United States.
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RS is a 25-year-old Hispanic woman who is recently diagnosed with active tuberculosis. Her physician asks what drug regimen you would recommend to treat her disease. She does not have any ...