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(Single Best Answer) Question 1: The Gene X-pert test used for MTB detection has the additional advantage of detection of which of the following ?
A) INH resistance
B) Rifampicin resistance
C) Multi drug resistance
D) Ethambutol resistance
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(Single Best Answer) Question 2: CSF examination in a case of tubercular meningitis shows all of the following except ?
A) Elevated protein levels
B) Raised sugar level
C) low chloride level
D) Lymphocytosis
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(Single Best Answer) Question 3: If the objective of the investigator is to assess the incidence of tuberculosis infection in a community, the most appropriate methodology would be to ?
A) Identify all individuals with positive tuberculin test
B) Perform sputum examination of chest symptomatics
C) Identify new converters to Tuberculin test
D) Screen all under-five children with Tuberculin test
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(Single Best Answer) Question 4: It is probable that physicians have a higher index of suspicion for tuberculosis in children without BCG scar than those with BCG scar. If this is so and an association is found between Tuberculosis and not having BCG scar, the association may be due to ?
A) Selection bias
B) Interviewer bias
C) Surveillance bias
D) Non-response bias
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(Single Best Answer) Question 5: All of the following CSF findings are present in tuberculous meningitis, except ?
A) Raised protein levels
B) Low chloride levels
C) Cob web formation
D) Raised sugar levels
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(Single Best Answer) Question 6: The most common cause of renal scarring in a 3 year old child is ?
A) Trauma
B) Tuberculosis
C) Vesicuureteral reflux induced pyelonephritis
D) Interstitial nephritis
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(Single Best Answer) Question 7: Among the following, Angular conjunctivitis is caused by ?
A) Tubercule bacilli
B) Moraxella
C) Both
D) None
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(Single Best Answer) Question 8: Tubercle bacilli was discovered by ?
A) Louis Pasteur
B) Thomas Kocher
C) John Snow
D) Robert Koch
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(Single Best Answer) Question 9: All of the following statements are true about tubercle bacilli except ?
A) It grows well at 37ºC
B) It does not produce pigment
C) It was discovered by Thomas Kocher
D) It is gram positive
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(Single Best Answer) Question 10: A Positive tuberculin test means ?
A) Presence of high susceptibility to infection
B) Presence of active infection
C) Either
D) None
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