A patient with which findings requires drug therapy for active tuberculosis (TB)?

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A positive skin test for TB only means that the patient was infected with TB at one time.A TB scar also only indicates old,inactive disease.Cavitation and productive cough along with a positive skin test are indicators of active disease that can be spread to others,and this person must be treated.The person with a negative skin test and chest x-ray but with other symptoms probably has another type of respiratory infection.

A Patient with Which Findings Requires Drug Therapy for Active