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Instructions:
- Watch the videos and take notes.
- Answer the following questions and post your answers.
- Respond to at least one other student’s post for full credit. You will not see other student’s posts until after you post your own response. Once you post a response, other student’s responses will appear.
This discussion assignment is graded, so be sure to respond in a timely manner.
Links:
The Evolution of Bacteria on a “Mega-Plate” Petri Dish from Harvard Medical School on Vimeo.
https://youtu.be/wA_fObLY6GE
Research
Click Here to Learn More About TB Prevention at the CDC Website (Links to an external site.)
Click Here to Learn More About How to Get Tested for TB (Links to an external site.)
Questions
Answer the questions and post your answers. Write in complete sentences.
- What is TB and how is it transmitted?
- How is latent TB different than an active TB infection?
- What type of microbe is TB?
- What is MDR-TB?
- How is MDR treated and how long is the treatment?
- How does being HIV+ make it more likely to catch TB?
- What is Doctors Without Borders?
- What are the most common side effects of TB medication?
- Why is it critical not to miss doses of TB medication or suspend the medication regimen?
- What is one exception to temporarily suspending TB drugs?
- How can TB treatment affect patients emotionally and psychologically?
- Why must beds in TB hospitals be kept a minimum of 13 feet apart?
- What is scrofula?
- What is XDR and how is it different from MDR?
- How long does it take to treat XDR, and is it curable?
- Why do patients with XDR most often die even if they are on medication?
- Explain how TB becomes resistant to medication?
- How many cases of TB were reported in the US in 2019?
- What are some important ways to prevent exposure to TB?
- What is the tuberculin test and what can it tell us about TB exposure?
Tubeculosis (TB) is an infectious bacterial infection that affects the lungs and is transmitted through airborne or droplet transmission. This happens when a person inhales the air where a nearby infected person coughs