When providing teaching, which statement about tuberculosis (TB) is the most accurate for the nurse to include?

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TB is an infectious disease caused by the tubercle bacillus and has been commonly referred to as consumption. Overtime, TB has become resistant to the medications used to stop it. TB is a worldwide chronic endemic disease that disproportionately affects poor people in the world and not developed countries but underdeveloped countries. There is a movement to eradicate TB by 2030, but the drug resistance may reverse progress made with the current campaign.

When Providing Teaching, Which Statement About Tuberculosis (TB) Is the Most