Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a term used to describe an acute lower respiratory tract infection in individuals with signs‚ symptoms and a new radiographic shadowing for which there is no other explanation and who have not recently been hospitalized. CAP is common and associated with major morbidity‚ mortality and financial burden. The annual incidence in the community is 5–11 per 1000 adult population‚ with the reported mortality less than 1% (BTS guideline‚ 2009). The reported mortality
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BTEC Assignment Brief Programme title BTEC LEVEL 3 Applied Science Extended Diploma Unit number and title 21 Biomedical Science Techniques Assignment title Microbioology Assessor (receiving the work) Nacho Julve-Larrubia Issue date 09/08/13 Deadline(s) (two groups) Task 1 (U21:P1P2) 23/09/13 and 03/02/14 Task 2 (U21:M1) 30/09/13 and 10/02/14 Task 3 (U21:D1)07/10/13 and 24/02/14 Scenario / Vocational Context To reduce the risk of infectious disease it is important
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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Treatment of urinary tract infection in non pregnant women. ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 91‚ March 2008. Obstet Gynecol 2008;11:785–94. 8. Hooton. Recurrent urinary tract infection in women. Int J Antimicrobial Agents 2001;17:259–268. 9. Kraft JK‚ Stamey TA. The natural history of symptomatic recurrent bacteruria in women. Medicine 1977;56:55–60. 10. Gupta K‚ Stamm WE. Pathogenesis and management of recurrent urinary tract infecitons in women. World J
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certain organism / antibiotic combinations © bioMérieux‚ Inc.‚ Customer Education March 2008 3 Customer Education Antibiotic Classification Antibiotics & Susceptibility Testing Microbiologists work with antibiotics every day. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) is one of the primary functions of the Microbiology Lab. But‚ how much do Microbiologists really know about antibiotics? Let’s review some basic information and see how it can be applied daily. © bioMérieux‚ Inc
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detailed by Kokia-Kun. Nasal colonization was specifically targeted in the set of trials. When compared to the control‚ the AEMPs highly reduced the amount of Staph cells in the subjects (Thoma et al‚ 2014). The research concluded that AEMPs contain antimicrobial benefits for topical Staph
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Effect of chalepensin on S. mutans growth Fifty microliters of a S. mutans suspension (1 x 103 bacteria/ml) in BHI medium (Remel‚ Lenexa‚ KS) were transferred to flat-bottomed 96-well plates (Corning Incorporated‚ Corning‚ NY) containing serial dilutions (1:2) of 50 μl of chalepensin‚ or 1 μg/ml tetracycline‚ chalepensin-free vehicle (vehicle was similarly processed as with chalepensin extraction‚ but without plant material)‚ and culture medium controls‚ and incubated for 6 h at 37°C. Next‚ MTT was
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Luis Solano BIOL 451 Dr. Vance McCracken April 27‚ 2012 Neisseria gonorrhea Neisseria gonorrhea‚ or Gonorrhea‚ is a sexually transmitted disease that is considered the second most dominant in the world. This disease has very interesting components that includes a location of where it likes to “live” in the human host‚ distinct symptoms‚ virulence factors that help defend against the host immune system‚ and how it can survive from host to host. All of these factors go into what is necessary to
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INTRODUCTION Chromolaena odorata is a scientific name for a type of weed. Commonly these weeds are called as Jack-in-the-bush‚ Siam weed‚ devil weed or triffids. This weed is native in America but it has been introduced to other parts of the world including Asia and sub-Saharan Africa (Omokhua‚ McGaw‚ Finnie & Van Staden‚ 2015). In Malaysia‚ this perennial herb is known as ‘Selaput Tunggal’ or ‘daun Kapal Terbang’. In the beginning‚ C. odorata is considered harmful because this plant is quite invasive
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Many bugs that were once able to be destroyed by the so called super medicines are now rising to power and are unable to be stopped. Reports in the media of people dying from bacterial infections that were once preventable are now common place. Antimicrobials have been added to so many aspects of our daily life without many people realising. Unless a truly organic lifestyle is sustained sadly we would be ingesting some type of medication daily without our consent. This in turn affects the natural balance
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confirmed the presence of polar and Non-polar compounds based on their mobility. Phytochemical screening was performed and presence of different secondary metabolites and compounds like saponin‚ reducing sugars‚ Steroids and terpenoids were confirmed. Antimicrobial activity was performed on various fractionated extracts against five pathogenic microorganisms (Bacillus subtilis‚ Staphylococcus aureus‚ klebsiella species‚ Escherichia coli and Salmonela paratyphi). The zone of inhibitions shown by Acetone soluble
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