Across
- 1. A 2nd TST is placed 1-3 wks after an initial TST
- 4. Inability to mount immune response d/t weakened immunity
- 5. Most common form of TB (85% of cases)
- 7. Active TB not in the lungs
- 9. An opened vial of PPD needs to be discarded after _______.
- 12. Number of drugs used to treat TB patients initially
- 13. Effects of this vaccine on reaction to the TST wane over the yrs
- 14. Substance in PPD solution that can adhere to the syringe
- 15. Cough w/bloody sputum, fever, weight loss, malaise
- 16. When reading a TST, this should NOt be measured.
- 18. To find TB you must ________ TB
Down
- 2. Most popular TB treatment in the 1930's
- 3. Infection Control measure r/t negative pressure rooms
- 6. Dormant TB germs begin to multiply and cause disease
- 8. The only way to confirm TB disease
- 10. Father of TB
- 11. A TST is read in these units of measurement
- 14. The infectious disease that kills the most people yearly
- 17. A positive TST, negative CXR and no symptoms
- 19. The protein derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis