Any species of bacteria can turn into a superbug. A superbug is a strain of bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics. According to webmd.com "Every year‚ about 2 million people get sick from a superbug‚ according to the CDC. About 23‚000 die. Earlier this year‚ an outbreak of CRE (carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae) linked to contaminated medical tools sickened 11 people at two Los-Angeles area hospitals. Two people died‚ and more than 200 others may have been exposed." This has become a serious
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restrictions on certain foods. For example‚ the cholera outbreak in Peru in 1991 cost the country US$ 770 million due to food trade embargoes and adverse effects on tourism. Treatment The most important treatment for cholera is rehydration and antibiotics‚ which consists of prompt replacement of the water and salts lost. Early rehydration can save the lives of nearly all cholera patients. People living in high-risk areas can protect themselves by following a few simple rules of good hygiene and safe
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Vaccines‚ antibiotics‚ and many other advances have lessened the impact of infectious diseases. Unfortunately‚ this has not been true everywhere. It has not been true in many developing countries. Infectious diseases remain the major causes of morbidity and mortality in much of the world because new illnesses caused by microorganisms continue to emerge. Moreover‚ known pathogens are becoming resistant to treatment. Some pathogenic microbes that had been "controlled" through the use of antibiotics are beginning
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pGLO Plasmid April 24‚ 2013 ABSTRACT: This experiment focuses on genetic engineering and transformation of bacteria. The characteristics of bacteria are altered from an external source to allow them to express a new trait‚ in this case antibiotic resistance. In is experiment foreign DNA is inserted into Escherichia coli in order to alter its phenotype. The goal of the experiment is to transform E. coli with pGLO plasmid‚ which carries a gene for ampicillin resistance‚ and determine the transformation
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Respiratory Case Study 1. Differentiate between hospital acquired (nosocomial) and community acquired pneumonia. Nosocomial pneumonia is acquired during a hospital stay. It happens when a patient is admitted into the hospital with a medical diagnosis that they are hoping to be treated for and contract the infection of pneumonia through the spread of germs. “Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) clinically presents more than seven days after hospitalization with new fever‚ pulmonary infiltrates‚ and leukocytosis
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worried about turned into something very bad. After testing‚ Addies was found to have MRSA‚ a super bacteria that is resistant to most antibiotics. She was admitted to the hospital and was put on a ventilator‚ but the ventilator contained another kind of superbug that was even worse than the MRSA that she had been admitted for. While she was given various antibiotics‚ they never worked for long and the situation looked very bad for Addie. Her mother was told to expect the worst. Bacteria have
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that steak contained antibiotics that are the cause of many of the superbugs in the news lately. There is a lot of controversy around the use of antibiotics in livestock and the risks or benefits of using it‚ but for the most part the risks outweigh the benefits. Our large corporate ranch in northwestern Montana should not use antibiotics in our feed because most of it wouldn’t help the livestock anyway‚ antibiotics are already over used‚ and there is a growing market for antibiotic free meat. The use
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Coccus is a term used to describe a type of morphology that helps us distinguish different kinds of bacteria. The cell’s morphology is only one of the many ways we can differentiate the different species. Looking at these bacterium underneath the microscope is an important step to determine which kind of species it is. All cocci bacteria are not gram positive‚ but this lab will examine only this kind because of their influence in human health. Staphylococcus Aureus is a gram-positive coccus bacterium
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5 Natural Treatments for Rosacea Rosacea is a chronic skin condition that primarily affects light-skinned women between the ages of 30 and 50. However‚ this condition can also affect men‚ children‚ and people of all races. According to the United States government‚ more than 14 million people live with rosacea. Although the exact cause of rosacea is unknown‚ studies have linked the development of this condition to the following: A bacterium called bacillus oleronius‚ which may cause an overreaction
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cough. H.K denied fever or chills but admitted to feeling “run-down”. His past medical history included varicella zoster at age 5 years‚ seasonal allergic rhinitis (pollen)‚ viral respiratory tract symptoms 2 weeks ago (now resolved)‚ and no recent antibiotic use over the past 3 months. He is married with two children who are not in daycare (ages 8 and 9). H.K is a supermarket manager‚ non-smoker‚ and denied substance abuse. The patient reported having private prescription drug coverage but was only
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