Nursing Care Plan Pulmonary Tuberculosis PTB

PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS (TB)

I. Pathophysiology
a. Bacterial infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli
(TB)
i. Primarily affects the lungs (70% per Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention [CDC], 2004) although it can
invade other body systems
ii. Airborne droplets are inhaled, with the droplet nuclei
deposited within the alveoli of the lung.
b. Primary infection followed by a latent or

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