Staph infections are caused by a staphylococcus bacterium‚ Staphylococcus aureus. S. aureus is a purple‚ cocci shaped cell with its morphological arrangements in grape-like clusters‚ it is determined by a bacteriological stain‚ known as the Gram stain. This determines it to be a gram positive bacterium. When grown on bacteriological media‚ S. aureus appears as a large white to golden colony. It is not very fastidious but it grows well‚ either aerobically or under anaerobic conditions and produces
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Chlamydomonas iv. Spirogyra v. Penicillum mycelium condidiophores vi. Cladophora vii. Volvox viii. Paramecium caudatum ix. Escherichia coli x. Bacillus subtilis xi. Staphylococcus aureus xii. Aspergillus condidiophores xiii. Amoeba Proteus
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the skins surface‚ or it can affect tissues underlying the skin and can spread to lymph nodes and even the bloodstream. Cellulitis occurs when bacteria‚ most commonly streptococcus and staphylococcus enter through breaks in the skin. One of the most serious infections is called Methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Bacteria is most likely to enter the body through disrupted areas of skin‚ such as areas of recent surgery‚ IV catheters‚ cuts‚ puncture wounds‚ an ulcer or dermatitis. Certain
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Infectious Disease Tamarra Burnett HCA/240 5/11/2014 Bruce Gould Infectious Disease Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial infection that is resistant to most antibiotics. MRSA is also referred to as the superbug or the flesh eating disease. It is common for patients to contract MRSA in hospital and nursing home facilities. In these particular settings‚ it is often life threatening. The University of Chicago Medicine reports more than 90‚000 Americans suffer
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and animals. Washing hands is a simple‚ inexpensive‚ and an effective action to prevent the spread of microbes that cause healthcare associated infection. The most common transmissible disease in any hospital‚ dental‚ or veterinary cleaning is Staphylococcus aureus. The task of proper hygiene in-between patients’ care enhances patient safety
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The Characteristics of MRSA Staphylococcus aureus is a group of lactic acid-producing bacteria commonly found on the surface of the skin. When it penetrates a break in the surface‚ it induces an immune response that involves hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide. For example‚ when it reaches the gut‚ it induces what is clinically referred to as enterocolitis‚ or infection of the digestive tract (Suzuki‚ 1994). Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA)‚ just like other S. aureus strains avoids such immune
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Local Study “This research study aims to prevent diseases caused by Escherichia coli‚ Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella enteritidis. The study makes use of kamias (Averrhoa bilimbi) leaves and fruit extract as an antibacterial agent that is more or equally effective than the commercialized one and at the same time‚ available in our environment. Ten Replicates on ten Petri dishes were prepared for each bacteria. Pure cultures of the three bacteria were spread on the replicates. After
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OBJECTIVES: To determine the amount of anti-microbial peptide production by Staphylococcus warneri under various conditions when 2L and 10L Fermented. To Test the effects of one uncontrolled parameters sush as pH‚ Temperature or dissolved Oxygen and compare findings. To produce anti-microbial activity from Staphylococcus warneri. II. INTRODUCTION: Staphylococcus warneri is a member of bacterial genus Staphylococcus‚ consisting of Gram-positive bacteria with spherical cells appearing
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that had been "controlled" through the use of antibiotics are beginning to develop drug resistance and therefore re-emerge as serious threats in the industrialized world as well as developing nations. (World Health Organization‚ April 2014). Staphylococcus aureus strains are emerging that are resistant to many of the antibiotics that were previously effective against them. These staph infections are of great concern in hospital settings around the world. Patients with infections caused by drug-resistant
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within a 5 minute range. The bacterial suspension used for paired at different concentration data was Staphylococcus Aureus for which gave good results when the reduction factor value of 1.20x106 ml-1 was obtained for the organism as it was above the value 105 which was used a guideline for effectiveness of the test. For class data there was four organisms investigated which were: Staphylococcus Aureus‚ Enterococcus hirae‚ Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli. In general the disinfectant didn’t
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