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    Penicillin Discovery

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    According to Mary Bellis from “The History of Penicillin‚” “Penicillin is one of the earliest discovered and widely used antibiotic agents‚ derived from the Penicillium mold” (123). Penicillin is a vital part of today’s society and is considered a major drug in modern society. This drug has risen to be an important drug because of its discovery‚ and the development of the antibiotic. Penicillin could not cure so many people if it was never discovered. Accidents are a major factor of how many discoveries

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    big difference. B: Alexa Mangabat Resistance to Antibiotics When someone has whooping cough‚ sinus infection or bronchitis‚ it is very common that antibiotics are prescribed to cure this infection‚ but it seems as if people can’t decipher the common cold or sore throat and exaggerate a cold then the doctor will most likely prescribe antibiotics just to be on the safe side. This is a common mistake because when someone is prescribed too many antibiotics they are killing the bacterias inside of them

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    Ebola Virus Analysis

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    directly attacks the immune systems. This virus has an average of 50% fatality rate. As of 13 January 2016‚ reportedly 11‚315 has died from Ebola. Moreover‚ we also have many contagious antibiotics resistant bacteria such as Clostridium difficile‚ shortened to C. diff‚ a deadly bacterium that multiplies when an antibiotic used which kills off beneficial bacteria that reside in its traditional habitat‚ the gut. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in America has estimated that there are 15‚000

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    Enterococcus

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    Enterococcus By Richard Guilford Enterococcus Enterococcus‚ or more appropriately enterococci‚ are a family of bacteria in the division firmicutes (meaning strong skin and referring to the cell wall) and the class bacilli (which refers to its rod like shape). They look just like streptococcus bacteria from physical characteristics alone. In fact‚ members of the genus Enterococcus were classified as Group D Streptococcus until 1984 when genomic DNA analysis showed that a separate genus classification

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    Organisms Of Evolution

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    Bacteria become resistant with mutations and by swapping DNA with a bacteria that is already resistant. The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics is a textbook example of evolution. The mutant bacteria will survive due to natural selection and will continue to cause illness in the patient. One thing that can be done to stop this evolution of bacteria is to somehow replace the bacteria’s DNA/RNA

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    transferable between bacteria. This transfer of plasmids between bacteria is actually extremely helpful for them and are key in their survival. The plasmid that codes for the Green Fluorescent Proteins is accompanied with a gene for resistance to the antibiotic ampicillin. To ‘switch on’ the gene for fluorescence caused by the proteins‚ sugar arabinose must be added to the bacteria’s environment. If there is no sugar arabinose introduced to the plates‚ then the bacteria will appear white and will not glow

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    Nosocomial Infections

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    Section 1: Infections in Healthcare Settings Essay. Nosocomial infections‚ hospital acquired infections‚ are an on-going concern to healthcare professionals. These infections are one of the major causes of death in hospitalised patients and are a significant burden on not only the patient’s and the public’s health (as organisms causing nosocomial infections can be transmitted to the community through discharged patients‚ staff and visitors) but also the economy. A nosocomial infection is an infection

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    P ≤0.1 for the EPSA. At the concentrations administered‚ the extract was active against both EPSA and EPEC isolates. These results present the herb‚ P. amarus as a possible biotechnological tool in the field of herbal medicine for the control of antibiotic-resistant‚ entero-pathogenic S. aureus and E. coli infections. Keywords: Entero-pathogenic bacteria‚ Phyllanthus amarus‚ Staphylococcus aureus and Escherica coli. Introduction The use of herbs and herbal derivatives in Traditional Medicine Practices

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    C. Diff Research Paper

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    class is Clostridia‚ its order is clostridiales‚ its family is Peptostreptococcaceae” (Brymer). “Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming‚ Gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that produces two exotoxins: toxin A and toxin B. It is a common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). It accounts for 15-25% of all episodes of AAD.” [1] The two toxins produced by C. diff are toxin A and toxin B. “Toxin A is an enterotoxin and cytotoxin that causes fluid secretion and increased musical permeability because

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    Formation Of Biofilms

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    biofilms When bacteria is threatened by antibiotics treatment that can kill them‚ or when a strong immune system responses to bacteria and produce cytokines or other agents to eliminate it from the body‚ Bacteria has the choice of either staying as individual and die or change their form to make biofilms. Biofilms are communities or bacteria binds together in large groups and make a sticky mesh to make themselves resistant against antibiotics. Some drug that can kill single bacteria will not

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