Tài liệu: DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS DISEASE

In those situations where an individual will have visitors in the home, refuses to wear a mask or cover his/her mouth when coughing, and/or is less likely to adhere to an anti-TB treatment regimen because of drug or alcohol addiction, it may be prudent to be more conservative and keep the patient in the hospital until sputum is AFB smear-negative. The individual may be transferred to another facility while still AFB smear positive, as long as it is to an AII room. The individual should be transported with appropriate respiratory precautions....