title: Perioperative care of the patient with tuberculosis.
abstract: Approximately 1.7 billion people are thought to be infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The estimated mortality rate is 3 million people per year. Multidrug resistant-tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) are serious problems that threaten global TB control. Patients who are inadequately treated remain chronic carriers and can spread the disease to family members and their communities. Treatment recommendations for TB include directly observed treatment and monitoring the patient's response to medications. Perioperative nurses must protect the patient and other health care workers when a patient with TB undergoes a surgical procedure.
authors.affiliation: East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Janice A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Neil
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery*; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents