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The priority answer of the nurse to a 28-year-old patient, who is diagnosed with active TB taking rifampin, and who asks a query about using birth control pill.
Concept introduction:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes tuberculosis (TB) in humans and in animals by Mycobacterium bovis; it shows the presence of granulomas in the lungs. The tuberculosis is an airborne microbe that affects the inflammatory cells such as lymphocytes and macrophages and that shows clear boundaries with caseated consistency. There is two classes of anti-tubercular drugs available namely, first-line drugs or primary and second-line drugs or secondary. Though vaccine BCG is available, it does not give full protection but reduces the chance of 60% of TB infection.
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