The Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections by_ Ricki Lewis‚ Ph.D._ When penicillin became widely available during the second world war‚ it was a medical miracle‚ rapidly vanquishing the biggest wartime killer--infected wounds. Discovered initially by a French medical student‚ Ernest Duchesne‚ in 1896‚ and then rediscovered by Scottish physician Alexander Fleming in 1928‚ the product of the soil mold Penicillium crippled many types of disease-causing bacteria. But just four years after drug
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sure is that police are always misusing their power‚ weather in fear or not. Of course not all but some cops are just rude and disrespectful that they will pull you over just because of the way you dress‚ look‚ or because of your race‚ etc. That’s misuse of power just because they are cops doesn’t mean they can pull you over without you breaking a law. Under fear they feel more powerful just because they have a badge and think they can be rowdy. They maybe feel under pressure and that’s when they
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Definition for antibiotic resistant bacteria: WebMD definitions: Antibiotic resistance is a type of drug resistance where a microorganism is able to survive exposure to an antibiotic. Genes can be... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic-resistant_bacteria Antibiotics were designed to kill bacterium that infect us. Unfortunately‚ they are indiscriminate and also kill the good bacterium that are mostly found in the large intestinal tract. This leaves a person open to reinfection‚ or other more
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When the Antibiotics Quit Working It seems as though antibiotics are slowly losing the battle against infectious disease thus causing a greater demand for researchers to invent new antibiotics that have new mechanisms for killing microbes as well as new vaccines. The problem is that bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics. When bacteria are exposed to antibiotics they are under “selective pressure” that allows
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development of increased resistance to antibiotics is a global concern. According to WHO (2015)‚ antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly serious threat to global public health that requires action across all government sectors and society. Antibiotic resistance threatens the effective prevention and treatment of an ever-increasing range of infections caused by bacteria‚ thereby resulting to loss of the ability to treat common infections. The development of antibiotic resistance is a natural phenomenon
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The Overuse and Misuse of Psychological Testing The article “The Overuse and Misuse of Psychological Testing: Why Less Is More” by Jill Sanders and Sheba Katz‚ discusses the use of psychological test in family court. The article explained how the use of psychological testing in child-custody cases can provide helpful information‚ but many people including attorneys and judges place too much emphasis on the outcome of the test. The article explains that there is no test to determine whether a person
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Recognise indications of substance misuse and refer to specialists 1.1 – Substance abuse covers misuse of a range of mind altering substances. It can have a severe impact on your functioning as well as your physical health. Substance abuse or misuse is defined as the continued misuse of any mind-altering substance that severely affects person’s physical and mental health‚ social situation and responsibilities. Alcohol dependence is the most common form of substance misuse‚ but any drug‚ including heroin
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Bio-112 Antibiotic Resistance Experiment Lab Partners: March 10‚ 2010 When we initially started the bacteria antibiotic experiment on February 10‚ 2010 our team selected e-coli and Rifampicin (Rb5) to find out the level of resistance e-coli would build towards this antibiotic. When we first checked our agar dish on February 15‚ 2010 we noticed two circles for the zone of inhibition the small circle was 1.5 cm and the medium circle was 3.00 cm. Two days later when we checked
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A General Review of Tetracyclines Antibiotics Chang Liu Instructor: Prof. Jasson Sello Department of Chemistry‚ Brown University Providence 02906‚ RI Tetracyclines are the first broad-spectrum antibiotic to be applied to clinic use. Nevertheless‚ the increasing incidence of bacterial resistance of tetracyclines led to a series of studies on the development of semisynthetic tetracyclines to circumvent the resistant organisms. In order to better design the structures of tetracycline derivatives
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1984 The Misuse of Government Power The misuse of government power is shown throughout the book 1984 in many different ways. They mistreat people and violate their human rights; they torture people and they are constantly watching them. The party compared to our government today to me‚ seems way different. The government does not watch our every move‚ even in our homes‚ they are not allowed to torture us or manipulate us severely as they do in the book 1984. I hope our government doesn’t ever
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