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Clinical Classification:
1. Latent/ Inactive TB
a. Symptoms of tuberculosis are absent.
b. Sputum is absent for tubercle bacilli after repeated
examination.
c. There is no evidence of cavity on chest x-ray.
2. Active
a. Tuberculin test is positive.
b. X-ray of the chest is generally progressive. 3 minutes
c. Symptoms due to lesions are usually present.
d. Sputum and gastric content are positive for tubercle Games
D. Enumerate the common bacilli. Interactive Learning (charades)
signs and symptoms of through role playing
Tuberculosis 3. Activity not determined and discussion
When the activity has not been determined from a
suitable period of observation or adequate laboratory
and x-ray studies.
6 minutes
Diagnostic procedures:
Paper and
1. Suptum analysis for AFB - confirmatory Pencil Test
2. Chest x-ray Interactive Learning (Enumeration)
G. Describe and enumerate 3. Tuberculin Testing through lecture and • laptop, LCD,
the modalities of treatment a. mantaux test (PPD) audiovisual projector
of tuberculosis b. tine test (OT) presentation
c. heaf test (LT) • Handbook of
Common
Modalities of Treatment: Communicable &
Infectious
1. Short course chemotherapy may be given through a Diseases by
six-month treatment with Isoniazid (INH), Rifampicin, Dionesia Mondejar-
Pyrazinamide (PZA), and Ethambutol. Navaes, RN, MAEd,
pp. 283
2. Patients with drug resistance may be given with
second line drugs such as capreomycin, streptomycin,
cycloserine, amikacin and quinolone drugs • laptop, LCD,
projector
3. WHO recommends : Direct Observed Therapy"
(DOT) to prevent noncompliance. The health worker • Handbook of
insures that the patient takes his/her drugs. Common
Communicable &
4. If the medicine is taken incorrectly, the patient Infectious
becomes resistant to anti-TB drugs and this is very Diseases by
dangerous because if the disease recurs it becomes Dionesia Mondejar-
Navaes, RN, MAEd,
hard to treat the second time around.
pp. 283-284
5. Relapsing patients usually become resistant to
individual drugs ( INH, Rifampicin, Ethambutol, PZA).
They are given the combination of the above-
mentioned drugs.
Prepared by:
Baunsit, Marianne
Sabug, Jhubelle
Torres, Rhea