Name one disease/condition that could be caused by your organism‚ at least two of its symptoms and what treatment is most often utilized (Antibiotics must be named). (Infection does not count‚ you must be more specific). Diseases can be human or animal. If no disease is found‚ list and describe one industrial use. Industrial use should include any products it being used to make/produce and if the organism is genetically altered for that use. Your answer to this question should be in complete sentences
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Executive Summary (Benchmark Assessment) The purpose of the program The nosocomial infection prevention program has been developed to serve as basic practical resource to all health care individuals‚ as well as for those who work in the infection control department in our health care facility. The program will provide helpful information‚ rationales and recommendations in our join effort to fight hospitals’ acquired infection. This program will assist our hospital administrators‚ infection
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Curcumin is found in the rhizome of Curcuma longa. It exhibits various biological activities like anti-cancer‚ anti-inflammatory‚ anti-viral‚ anti-bacterial‚ anti-oxidant and nematocidal activities. Due to its poor solubility there is a need to formulate this curcumin for better bioavailability. Curcumin was extracted by acetone using soxhlet apparatus and evaporated by means of vacuum rotary evaporator. The presence of curcumin was confirmed by differential scanning calorimetry. Nanosuspension was
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Dermatology is the medical specialty which studies the structure and functions of the skin ‚ as well as disorders that affect it and its prevention is the Dermatology‚ who can diagnose and treat diseases of the body and genital mucous (male and female)‚ Oral and their limits anal rectal also hair and nails. Thus‚ any injury that appears on the skin also called integument should be addressed by the general practitioner or in a specific case by the dermatologist . Its activity is divided‚ in
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Our body is prone to many fungal infections. Some cause internal issues while the symptoms of some are visible in our body‚ from outside. Ringworm is one such fungal infection that happens on different parts of our body‚ from outside. This Ringworm‚ or tinea‚ alludes to a few sorts of infectious contagious contaminations of the top layer of the skin‚ scalp‚ and nails. There is a typical misconception identified with Ringworm. Because of its name numerous trusts that it is some sort of illness that
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Nowadays resistance to antibiotics is one of the major challenges facing treatment of bacterial infections. The majority of human pathogenic bacteria have been resistant to clinically used antibiotics. Moreover‚ the currently used antibiotics have low selectivity against bacteria and thereby affect both pathogenic bacteria and our benign endogenous microflora. Therefore‚ there is a need to find out a novel approach that inhibits the bacterial pathogenesis and infection [1-3]. Chlamydia trachomatis
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Pertussis‚ or whooping cough‚ is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the lungs and airways. The spread of whooping cough among countries despite the existence of vaccines makes the diagnosis important.1 Diagnosing pertussis in its early stages can be difficult because of the similar symptoms of other diseases of the respiratory tract such as bronchitis‚ cold and flue.2 It is important to know that pertussis can be controlled if the patients are diagnosed early .Since pertussis is acute infectious
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Airway mucus is part of inborn immunity that facilitates the elimination of inhaled microorganisms. Antibacterial mechanisms such as lysozymes and defensins‚ which are contained in airway mucus‚ are key components of this inborn immunity (Gerson et al. 2000). While this defense mechanisms remains prevalent in cystic fibrosis patients it appears to be compromised in that it allows the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in airway mucus. The fact that people with cystic fibrosis are equally exposed to
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“Hospital-acquired infections are caused by viral‚ bacterial‚ and fungal pathogens; the most common types are bloodstream infection (BSI)‚ pneumonia (e.g.‚ ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)‚ urinary tract infection (UTI)‚ and surgical site infection (SSI)” (Medscape‚ 2015). HAIs are often avoidable complications that are under scrutiny by regulatory agencies‚ insurance companies and malpractice attorneys. “A press release from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
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Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections Catheter acquired urinary tract infection is one of the most common acquired nosocomial infections (Nicolle‚ 2008). According to Newman (2010)‚ they constitute 40% of all hospital-acquired infections‚ and 80% of these infections are attributable to indwelling urethral catheter (IUC) use. The incidence of bacteriuria is 3%–10% per catheter day (Furfari & Wald‚ 2008). Catheter-associated infections have
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