What are the symptoms of TB? (Tuberculosis)
The symptoms of TB that the prisoners showed were appearing feverish, coughing pus and blood, some were too weak to walk. Other symptoms include chest pain, unintentional weight loss, fatigue, and fevers.
2. How did so many inmates at the Samara prison, and Dimitri likely contract TB?
The reason why Dimitri and the other inmates at the Samara prison contract TB was how it is actually spread. TB bacteria is spread by the air from one person to another it can be spread by numerous ways that include throat coughs, sneezes, and even speaking. Prisons aren’t really the most sanitised places and considering how much bacteria…show more content… If a patient’s TB does not respond to first-line antibiotics, what type of TB does a patient have? What is the likely step in treatments?
If a patient’s TB does not respond to first-line antibiotics, than he/she has a TB that is drug resistant. When having TB you must follow a strict medical procedure. If you were to slip up by skipping taking your medicine it can lead to the TD bacteria inside the body to become resistant to the TD first-line antibiotics. To cure drug-resistant TB you have to take a lot of medication to counteract the bacteria until it finally subsided, but it can take up to years to fully cure it, you may even have a chance to die.
5. Explain how Mycobacterium tuberculosis can evolve resistance to first or second-line antibiotics. Describe the role of natural selection, and the role of physician and/or patient behaviors while taking antibiotics, in the evolution of antibiotic resistance?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis can evolve resistance to first or second-line antibiotics by being exposed to medication or drugs. Being exposed to drugs can result in changes in the its metabolic state, and thus help cause it to be more resilient to first or second-line antibiotics. If one were to take medication and choose to not take it for his personal reasons, but still infected with TB than the TB will of course get used to the antibiotic. Anything will get used to something if it experienced it for a long period of
