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    Anaerobic Bacteria

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    Livja Koka Anaerobic Bacteria In this experiment the purpose is to seek understanding between an organism and its use of oxygen. Oxygen is a very important part of the organisms’ survival. Oxygen has a tendency to form very reactive by-products inside a cell. These by-products create havoc by reacting with protein and DNA‚ thus inactivating them. Cells that are able to live in the presence of oxygen have evolved enzymes to cope with H2O2 and O2- and thus are not inhibited by O2. Also many anaerobes

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    Lockjaw Case Studies

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    glass. When I got home my mother told me I should go get a tetanus immunization in case I had contracted tetanus. I did not know what tetanus is‚ so then I decided to do some research. Tetanus‚ also more commonly known as Lockjaw‚ is caused by Clostridium tetani. Lockjaw can occur as a bacterial infection mainly introduced via a break in the skin or a puncture wound into the bloodstream by soil‚ saliva and fecal matter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetanus). In rare circumstances‚ tetanus can be

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    Fluid Volume Deficit

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    and a decrease in urine output. 10-15 percent would be considered severe dehydration and could result in death (Welch‚ 2010).                 The nursing diagnosis analyzed in this paper is fluid volume deficit related to diarrhea secondary to clostridium difficile. Behaviors for fluid volume deficit are as follows: skin turgor more than 3 seconds‚ dry mucus membranes‚ longitudinal furrows on the tongue‚ slow capillary refill‚ confusion‚ lethargic‚ low urine output as defined as less than 30 millimeters

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    Botulism Research Paper

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    to talk about today is botulism. Botulism neurotoxin is one of the most lethal substances known to man. Not many people are aware of what it is and its negative side-effects. What is Botulism? 3) Botulism is a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulism. Botulism causes extreme and sometimes fatal food poisoning. Botulism was first identified in Germany in 1735. A person had eaten a German sausage and got food poisoning. This is how botulism got its name because botulism is derived from

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    C. Diff Research Paper

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    Clostridium Difficile‚ C. difficile or more commonly called C. diff. belongs to the “domain bacteria which makes it a prokaryotic‚ its Phylum is Firmicutes‚ its 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

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    Clonazepam‚ and Psyllium. Each of these medications have a specific purpose in managing the disease process and symptoms that my patient exhibits. When we look at Vancomycin we know that the patient is taking this medicine for treatment for their clostridium difficile. With this drug there are many facts that the patient needs to know; such as being aware of dosing‚ associated risks like issues with hearing‚ and toxicity to the body. While drugs like Levothyroxine have a series of side effects which

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    Guatemala for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. 1. Screening of 84 plants against enterobacteria.” J. Ethnopharmacol. 1990; 30(1): 55-73. Garcia‚ S.‚ et al‚ “Inhibition of growth‚ enterotoxin production‚ and spore formation of Clostridium perfringens by extracts of medicinal plants.” J. Food Prot. 2002; 65(10): 1667-9. Tona‚ L.‚ et al. “Antiamoebic and phytochemical screening of some Congolese medicinal plants.” J. Ethnopharmacol. 1998; 61(1): 57-65. Nundkumar‚ N.‚ et al. “Studies on the

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    Module 1 Food Microbiology Sanitation and Safety WHAT IS Food Sanitation? Food sanitation is more than just Cleanliness. It includes protecting food in the ff. • Contamination • Harmful bacteria • Poisons • Foreign bodies  The primary tenet of food service sanitation Is absolute cleanliness. Definition of terms commonly used  Acidity = measured on a pH scale from 0 to 14.0  Additive = a chemical added to food  Bacterium = a single-celled organism  Contamination = unintended presence

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    Food Safety Risk Nsw Food

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    in cattle and may enter milk through faecal contamination. Is destroyed by pasteurisation Salmonella Salmonella is occasionally present in raw milk but is destroyed by Yersinia enterocolitica Campylobacter spp. Bacillus cereus Clostridium

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    setting‚ they affect 4% of patients. There are many types of healthcare-associated infections such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)‚ Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE)‚ Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI)‚ Clostridium difficile Infection (C. difficile)‚ and Surgical Site Infection (SSI) (CDPH‚ 2016). According to the CDC two million of patients are affected

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