Pharmaceutical Microbiology CLASS CODE: MP202 SARA ASHOUR Signature ……………………………….. Date ……………………………….. Total Word Count 1492 I declare that‚ except where specifically indicated‚ all the work presented in this report is my own and I am the sole author of all parts. Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is an uncommon but serious systemic infection which can occur in males and females of all ages. Symptoms include fever‚ hypotension
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slaughtered and packaged for you‚ those same antibiotics ‚sterioids and bacteria are still floating around ready to attack you next. When someone chooses to eat their meat and dairy products‚that bacteria spread into them. Deadly effects of repeated antibiotic use can lead to drug resistant bacteria which too‚ can spread to a humans body. This results in sickness‚infections and potentionally death. Farmsanctuary.org stated that‚"Since the 1950s‚ antibiotics have been used on factory farms to increase
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Enterococcus By Richard Guilford Enterococcus Enterococcus‚ or more appropriately enterococci‚ are a family of bacteria in the division firmicutes (meaning strong skin and referring to the cell wall) and the class bacilli (which refers to its rod like shape). They look just like streptococcus bacteria from physical characteristics alone. In fact‚ members of the genus Enterococcus were classified as Group D Streptococcus until 1984 when genomic DNA analysis showed that a separate genus classification
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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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Bussmann RW. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2006; 2:54. 7 12. Upper respiratory tract infections‚ Jain N‚ Lodha R‚ Kabra SK. Indian J Pediatr. 2001; 68:1135–8. 13. Magic bullets‚ lost horizons: the rise and fall of antibiotics‚ Huovinen P. BMJ. 2002; 324:176–9. 14. Microbial view and optimal antibiotic therapy in acute purulent ENT diseases‚ Pal ’chun VT‚ Kunel ’skaia NL‚ Artem ’ev VI‚ Karabak VI‚ Ogorodnikov DS‚ Vestn Otorinolaringol. 2004 ;( 5):4-8. 17. A drug delivery percept and practices. Krishnaswamy
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infections spiraling out of control‚ but there wasn’t anything available for them. Our soldiers fighting for our freedom were destined to perish due to gangrene and amputations from battle wounds‚ the conditions were unsanitary and the simple dose of an antibiotic was unheard of. It is hard for our civilization to appreciate the medical advancements we have today due to the invention of penicillin‚ the medical miracle. Penicillin was considered the miracle cure when it was discovered by Alexander Fleming
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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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infections such as abscesses or cellulitis (4). The symptoms usually include redness‚ swelling‚ and pain at the site of infection. Most of these skin infections resolve without treatment‚ however‚ some infections require incision and drainage or antibiotic treatment to cure the infection. S. aureus also causes staph food poisoning which results from contaminated food (7). It yields symptoms of nausea‚ vomiting‚ diarrhea and in more severe cases‚ dehydration‚ muscle cramping‚ and changes in blood pressure
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Bactrim is an antibiotic used to treat and prevent infection such as UTI’s‚ ear infections‚ shigellosis‚ and bronchitis. Streptococcal infections of certain groups should not be treated with Bactrim. Bactrim can be passed through breast milk and can harm the nursing child. Pregnant women are not directly informed to not take Bactrim but the unborn children may experience side effects or congenital malformations. Severe manifestations of side effects associated with Bactrim may occur when a patient
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and health agencies around the world. Animal research has played a fundamental part in many of the major medical advances in human health in the last century‚ not to mention the medical treatments developed that help the animals themselves. "From antibiotics to blood transfusions‚ from dialysis to organ transplantation‚ from vaccinations to chemotherapy‚ bypass surgery and joint replacement‚ practically every present day protocol for the prevention‚ treatment‚ cure and control of disease‚ pain and suffering
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