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