M. tuberculosis causes tuberculosis. Would you expect it to be harder to treat a TB infection when the bacterium is in latent form? Why? And an ethics question: A patient is infected with the extremely drug resistant form of TB refuses to follow doctor’s orders – he still plans to go out to dinner, fly on airplane, etc. Is it ok to put that patient in jail until the treatment is effective?
M. tuberculosis causes tuberculosis. Would you expect it to be harder to treat a TB infection when the
bacterium is in latent form? Why?
And an ethics question: A patient is infected with the extremely drug resistant form of TB refuses to follow doctor’s orders – he still plans to go out to dinner, fly on airplane, etc. Is it ok to put that patient in jail until the treatment is effective?