som
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female health worker from south east asia has a PPD reading of 12mm, sputum negative.
how do u read this value? does she need any prophylaxis or treatmnet?
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| Naca
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Is she asympomatic?
If she is then:
It is positive PPD ( more then 10 cm of induration), and chest X ray is negative for TBC then she should be treated with INH alone.
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| Naca
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And how old is she?
What was previous PPD?
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| study_ing
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CXR first
if alatent infection, 9 months of inh
if active, inh, rifampin and ethambutol for 9 mths
of course we r assumingthat the bug wasnt multidrug resistent int he given case
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| som
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she is not asymptomatic, a 28 yr old female.
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| sunny2
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INH + Vit.B6 for 9 months
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| sheeezooo
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agree with sunny2..pt with positive ppd with no evidence of active disease should receive 9 months therapy of INH and vit B6.
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| som
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does the region of the pt has got anything to do with the treatment?
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| Naca
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PPD should be done only in asymtomatic patients, Kaplan said.
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| tolito
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the region determines how the PPD is interpreted and that will have a bearing on what treatment is offered
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