Question

tuberculosis from consumption to molecular diagnosis

1. all of the following statements are true regarding multidrug - resistant tuberculosis except _.

a hiv - infected persons with multidrug - resistant tb have a more rapid and deadly disease course.
b over 44% of persons in the u.s. infected with tb have a multidrug - resistant strain of tb.
c second - line drugs used to treat multidrug - resistant tb are more likely to cause side effects.
d the cure rate decreases when second - line drugs must be used to treat multidrug - resistant tb.

Explanation:

HIV - infected individuals with multidrug - resistant TB have a more severe disease course. Second - line drugs for multidrug - resistant TB are more likely to have side - effects and using them reduces the cure rate. However, it is not true that over 44% of TB - infected persons in the U.S. have a multidrug - resistant strain of TB. This percentage is much lower.

Answer:

B. Over 44% of persons in the U.S. infected with TB have a multidrug - resistant strain of TB.