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You are assessing your newly admitted patients who are all presenting with atypical signs and symptoms of a possible lung infection. The physician suspects tuberculosis. So, therefore, the patients are being monitored and tested for the disease. Select all the risk factors below that increases a patient's risk for developing tuberculosis:*A. DiabetesB. Liver failureC. Long-term care residentD. InmateE. IV drug userF. HIVG. U.S. resident
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