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The nurse performs an admission assessment on a client with a diagnosis of tuberculosis. The nurse should check the results of which diagnostic test that will confirm this diagnosis?
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Rationale: Tuberculosis is definitively diagnosed through culture and isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A presumptive diagnosis is made based on a tuberculin skin test, a sputum smear that is positive for acid-fast bacteria, a chest x-ray, and histological evidence of granulomatous disease on biopsy.
Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject, confirming the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Confirmation is made by identifying the bacteria, M. tuberculosis.
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Option 3 is the correct answer:
Rationale: Tuberculosis is definitively diagnosed through culture and isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A presumptive diagnosis is made based on a tuberculin skin test, a sputum smear that is positive for acid-fast bacteria, a chest x-ray, and histological evidence of granulomatous disease on biopsy.
Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject, confirming the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Confirmation is made by identifying the bacteria, M. tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis
Description
Tuberculosis is highly communicable disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Transmitted by the airborne route.
Multidrug-resistant strains of tuberculosis can result from improper compliance, noncompliance with treatment programs, or development of mutations in tubercle bacillus.
Transmission of Tuberculosis:
Transplacental transmission is rare.
Transmission can occur during birth through aspiration of infected amniotic fluid.
The newborn can become infected from contact with infected individuals.
