bodies are to new viruses. Drug resistant bacteria has been a warning from officials for sometime now‚ yet no one seemed to take it seriously until recently. It was first realized in 1940 with penicillin‚ which was less than ten years after antibiotics were introduced to the medical field. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has brought attention the these superbugs by categorizing them by threat level; concerning‚ serious‚ and urgent. The main concern is how quickly these superbugs
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Gram negative bacteria resistant patterns are troublesome to the general public because common illnesses could suddenly become deadly. Carbapenem antibiotics are seen as a last resort. If gram-negative bacteria develop a resistance to this antibiotic‚ antibiotics could become useless in treating a super resistant strain of gram-negative bacteria. NMD-1 is one of the most resistant genes found in gram negative bacteria. If this genes is readily passed between different types of bacteria‚ widespread
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I wrote an Op-Ed article to The Daily Nexus‚ the UCSB-run campus newspaper. I discussed the topic of antibiotic resistance and how bacteria’s resistance to antibiotics is on the rise. Various strains of bacteria are no longer affected by some antibiotics‚ which could become a significant threat in the future if modern antibiotics are ineffective. We as humans rely heavily on antibiotics and other medications to deal with diseases and other illnesses. Modern medicine was one of the greatest advancements
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are resistant to the antibiotic vancomycin. Enterococci infections are the most common type acquired by hospitalised patients. Vancomycin was the last-line antibiotic for hospital treatment of serious methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections according to Collignon (2002‚ p. 327). These enterococci have become resistant because of the overuse of the antibiotics that control these infections. Cross-resistance between classes and exposure to one antibiotic may promote resistance
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Usually staph bacteria don’t cause any harm. However‚ sometimes they get inside the body through a break in the skin and cause an infection. These infections are usually treated with antibiotics. When common antibiotics don’t kill the staph bacteria‚ it means the bacteria have become resistant to those antibiotics. This type of staph is called MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus). Anyone can get MRSA. Infections range from mild to very serious‚ even life-threatening. MRSA is contagious
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Study of Bacterial Growth and Resistance Level to Certain Antibiotics INTRODUCTION Escherichia coli—better known as E. coli—is a gram negative‚ rod shaped bacteria. It is relatively harmless‚ but can occasionally cause food poisoning. It can also provide Vitamin K2. It prevents the establishment of pathogenic bacteria‚ and is associated with or found in the intestinal organ. The antibiotic that E. coli is resistant to is Penicillin. Bacillus subtilis—better known as B. subtilis—is known as
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Super bugs There are many health and disease problems nowadays. In the last two decades or so‚ there have been super bugs that have been affecting many people. Superbugs is a strain of bacteria that has become resistant to antibiotic drugs. It lives in environments such as hospitals or health care. Methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of super bug that has been spreading majorly in hospitals that are making people sicker than they already are. MRSA associated with elderly
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Cellulitis (sel-u-LI-tis) is a common‚ potentially serious bacterial skin infection. Cellulitis appears as a swollen‚ red area of skin that feels hot and tender‚ and it may spread rapidly. Skin on lower legs is most commonly affected‚ though cellulitis can occur anywhere on your body or face. Cellulitis may affect only your skin’s surface‚ or cellulitis may also affect tissues underlying your skin and can spread to your lymph nodes and bloodstream. Left untreated‚ the spreading infection may
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scientist are trying to find new antibiotics to kill off the so-called superbugs spreading around. The article starts off by expressing the valid point of the spreading of harmful diseases. A 12-year-old boy named Omar Rivera‚ from Brooklyn‚ died after getting infected by a disease. This disease was Methicillian Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus‚ otherwise known as MRSA. This bacterium is resistant to one of the most potent drug classes in the current antibiotic arsenal. Because of these dangerous
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Healthcare acquired infections also known as nosocomial infections are defined as an infection obtained by a patient 48 hours or later after admission into a healthcare service. Any infections thought to be obtained prior to 48 hours are considered to be obtained within the community (Gould et al‚ 2000). This standard of the 48 hour inoculation period is however arbitrary as it has remained the standard for many years despite the variable rate of incubation in different bacteria (Ami et al‚ 2003)
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