RT Book, Section
A1 Cook, Kristen
A2 Sutton, S. Scott
SR Print(0)
ID 1158314738
T1 Tuberculosis
T2 McGraw-Hill's NAPLEX® Review Guide, 3e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260135923
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1158314738
RD 2024/04/20
AB Tuberculosis  (TB)  is  an  infection  caused  by  the  acid-fast  bacillus  (AFB)  Mycobacterium  tuberculosis.  Transmission  of  TB  is  person  to  person  through  inhalation  of  droplet  nuclei  in  the  air.  The  majority  of  patients  infected  with  M.  tuberculosis  develop  latent  tuberculosis  infection  and  do  not  develop  active,  symptomatic,  disease.  Approximately  10%  of  patients  develop  active  disease  if  not  treated  with  isoniazid.  Risk  of  active  disease  is  highest  in  the  first  2  years  after  infection.