Impetigo is a common type of skin infection and is highly contagious. Most of the time it can appear on the hands‚ neck and face in children‚ Impetigo occurs rarely in adults but it is a sign of a more severe skin condition. There are many types of Impetigo: Impetigo Contagiosa‚ Bullous Impetigo‚ and Ecythma but out of all of these Ecythma is the most serious because it damages the second layer of the skin. People with Ecythma will have painful blisters that may turn into ulcers‚ scars and swollen
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contains an appeal to emotion (pathos)‚ the author criticises the opponent’s use of pathos as though it constitutes the bulk of the argument‚ positioning the reader to feel indignant about being manipulated by the opposition‚ and to feel that they can disregard the opponent’s argument in its entirety since it is evidently based on fallacious logic. Ad hominen attack: an attack made against an opponent. For example‚ by insinuating that the opponent is untrustworthy this positions the reader to think
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INTRODUCTION Bacillus anthracis has recently become popular as the causative agent of anthrax infections. Belonging to the bacillus species‚ the bacterium is considered‚ along with Bacillus cereus‚ to be of extreme medical importance. Until recently‚ the condition caused by the bacterium was rarely heard of. Although the bacterium is naturally found in the soil‚ its rare occurrences in humans have only been observed in those working with livestock or imported livestock products‚ therefore the
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travel during the Middle Ages‚ I would have traveled by trade routes. Due to the numerous trade routes throughout Europe in the Middle Ages‚ there would have been a lot of options to choose from before embarking on my journey. I would not have chosen a crusade because of the violence associated with them‚ and pilgrimages did seem to provide as much of a variation of culture as traveling along trade routes would have given me. Trade routes were responsible for transporting large numbers of materials
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AWARENESS ON RISK FACTORS OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION AND SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG STUDENTS OF CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY An undergraduate thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Nursing‚ Cavite State University‚ Indang Cavite‚ in partial fulfillment of the requirements in research. Prepared with the supervision of Mrs. Nenita B. Panaligan‚ RN‚ MAN. Introduction As time goes on‚ countries around the world become more industrialized and modernized. As part of it‚ life
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Ashley Hall 02/15/11 Dosage Forms and Routes of Administration A dosage form is the physical form of a dose of a chemical compound used as a drug or a medication intended for administration or consumption. Some common dosage forms include the pill‚ tablet‚ capsule‚ drink or syrup‚ aerosol or inhaler‚ liquid injection‚ and pure powder. The route of administration for drug delivery is dependent on the dosage form of the substance. Various dosage forms my exist for a particular drug‚ since
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The most common infection in the health care setting is Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and it is associated with sky rocketing hospital costs‚ deaths and complications. (Zacharioudakis‚ et al.‚ 2015) According to studies released in the United States by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2015‚ the current economic burden of infectious C. difficile has become the most common microbial cause of recurrent antibiotic-associated diarrhea and other gastrointestinal illnesses
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The post operative infection rate for patients having surgeries has slowly increased over the last several years and preventing surgical site infections (SSIs) has become a priority with many surgeons. The studies reviewed for this research have stressed the importance of prophylactic antibiotic therapy (Stefansdottir‚ et al. 2009) and that the timing of this dose being given is becoming the utmost importance; along with the importance of appropriate antibiotic being given. There is not a large
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Surgical Site Infections Elizabeth Griffor HCA 375 Continuous Quality Monitoring & Accreditation Instructor: Annajane Schnapp October 27‚ 2012 I chose to do my paper on the hospital-acquired condition of surgical site infections. In this paper I will discuss what a surgical site infection is‚ why it is considered preventable‚ the legal implications related to the patient‚ the role disclosure plays‚ accreditation expectations‚ and analyze the cost of continuous quality monitoring
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Introduction Hepatitis B infection is one of the major and common liver infectious diseases worldwide‚ and caused by a small enveloped DNA virus‚ the hepatitis B virus (HBV). (Tong 2005Int J med Sci) Importantly‚ over 20 million people are infected annually with HBV and there are globally 350-400 million chronic carrier of HBV. (McMahon 2005.) Routes of infection include vertical transmission (through childbirth)‚ early life horizontal transmission (bites‚ lesions‚ and sanitary habits)‚ and adult
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