Many of the bacteria that cause common bacterial infection are mutating and therefore gaining resistance. This means that the original antibiotics that were once used to treat these common illnesses are becoming increasing ineffective. This resistance delays treatment as the original antibiotics are ineffective. This can lead to the disease worsening and even death. This means that common illnesses that were once easily treated by antibiotics are no longer so easy to treat. This results in increased
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The discussion on Patrick Dismuke’s condition concentrated on his incapability to improve. After reviewing his symptoms and considering possible scenarios resulting from certain kinds of treatment‚ such as the tube that delivered nutrients into his veins that "broke the barrier between blood and air" and became "a bacteria-laden Trojan horse‚ opening the door to infection"‚ we attempted to come to a consensus on what would constitute a quality life‚ as deliberated among the committee. We took into
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Did you know that Methicillin – Resistant Staphylococcus Areaus‚ also know as MRSA is a frequent infection found in medical facilities? MRSA is a strain of staph that is resistant to common antibiotics and can be very difficult to treat. Staph is short for Staphylococcus; staph is a harmless bacteria which resides on the surface of all your skin. Usually this is not a problem until a person punctures their skin. They then face the risk of staph infection (Kidshealth.org 2012). MRSA frequents
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In the 1940s antibiotics were widely introduced as a cure for common types of diseases. However‚ some of the diseases started to build up a resistance to the antibiotics and in result‚ the antibiotics became ineffective. In order to help resolve the crisis‚ antibiotics were found through screenings of soil microorganisms. However‚ soil microorganism’s antibiotics were depleted by the 1960s and their antibiotic effects were unable to be replicated through synthesis. In this experiment‚ the researchers
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Where does it come from? (source? Natural or chemical) Streptokinase is extracellular bacterial protein and it comes from purified strains of group C beta-hemolytic streptococcus. It hydrolyzes peptide bonds and has a non-protease plasminogen activator which activates plasminogen to plasmin. This enzyme is used through its lysine binding site which is used as a medical drug for patients with blood clots. It was originally discovered from a precipitate of salt‚ that was then purified so the active
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Poop Pills Article Every year millions of Americans get an infection in the stomach called Clostridium difficile (aka C-diff). There are antibiotics that can cure it but in the past they haven’t worked as well as expected. They kill off the infection but in the process it destroys good bacteria too. This can cause another infection in the future because your body isn’t powerful enough to prevent it. There are other cures to C-diff too‚ like fecal transplants. This is the process where stool from
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Louis Pasteur was a pioneer of immunology. He was born in 1822. He grew up in the city of Dole‚ France. When he was young most of his teachers felt that he was slow and that advancing his education was not what the future held for him. His father was a leather tanner. His teachers felt that he should carry on that trade. He however had one teacher that believed in him. He then advanced his education and studies on to Paris‚ France. Louis Pasteur was an extraordinary man. While advancing his
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Any species of bacteria can turn into a superbug. A superbug is a strain of bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics. According to webmd.com "Every year‚ about 2 million people get sick from a superbug‚ according to the CDC. About 23‚000 die. Earlier this year‚ an outbreak of CRE (carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae) linked to contaminated medical tools sickened 11 people at two Los-Angeles area hospitals. Two people died‚ and more than 200 others may have been exposed." This has become a serious
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2.3.2 Counter Ion “Most bacterial cell walls are charged with a negative charge‚ so most antibacterial polymers must be charged with a positive charge to facilitate the adsorption process. The composition of the counter ion‚ or polymer-linked ions‚ is used to balance the charge‚ it also affects the antibacterial activity. The counter ion has positive charge‚ which is a strong ion-pair with the polymer will inhibit the antibacterial activity because it will prevent the polymer from interacting with
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The Problem of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Hospitals. Introduction Antibiotic resistant bacteria are bacteria who can survive after exposure to one or more antibiotics. Some bacteria present today can even be resistant to multiple antibiotics and these are sometimes referred to by the name Multidrug resistant (MDR). Today many clinically important bacteria are MDR’s and this is a direct result of past decades of antimicrobial use and misuse. If an infection results from this sort of resistant
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