Tetanus Tetanus is a medical condition characterized by a prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibers. The primary symptoms are caused by tetanospasmin‚ a neurotoxin produced by the Gram-positive‚ rod-shaped‚ obligate anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani. Clostridium tetani spores can be found most commonly in soil‚ dust and manure‚ but also exist virtually anywhere. If deposited in a wound the neurotoxin interferes with nerves that control muscle movement. The signs and symptoms
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DEVELOPING A CONVENIENT ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE FOR THE QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF RESIDUAL CTAB PRESENT IN HEAMOPHILUS INFUENZAE type b POLYSACCHARIDE Thesis submitted for the degree of Bachelor of Technology Biotechnology 1 BY 2 Mr. Sarthak Ranka 2 Under the guidance of 1 Dr. SURESH BERI ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR (PRODUCTION) Serum Institute Of India Ltd 212/2‚ Hadapsar Pune (MH)-411028 1 Submitted to
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BACTERIA Period: 4 Characteristics: 3 major shapes Cocci Basilli Spirilla 3 major components Mesosomes flagella Plasmids Growing Up: Bacteria can obtain energy through phototrophs(sunlight)‚ lithotrophs(inorganic compounds)‚ and organotrophs(organic compounds) Marriage/Reproduction Binary Fission: The process by which all bacteria reproduce. It results in the separation of a single cell into two. Transformation: genetic alteration
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maggot therapy mechanisms of action Medicinal maggots have at least two confirmed beneficial effects on wounds that can be supported by laboratory investigations. They are debridement‚ or elimination of necrotic tissue‚ and removal of pathogenic bacteria. There is moreover‚ evidence from recent studies that they may also accelerate wound healing by promoting the formation of granulation tissue as suggested by the early literature‚ Wound debridement activity Necrophagous larvae feed on the dead
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This therapeutic care plan will utilized the “I can treat and prescribe framework” to ensure that appropriate patient treatments are selected using a step by step approach‚ including assessment integration‚ drug and/or disease related problems‚ therapeutic goals‚ therapeutic alternatives and indications‚ plan of care and evaluation (OPHCNPP‚ 2012). By going through each step of this framework‚ and including or excluding treatment options based on individual patient factors and strong clinical evidence
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Presence of nitrogen fixing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the gut of the Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus) (p3297) A Review by: Mark Edge (Faith & Jaelen Love You) Because the Formosan termite is an economically important pest. Researchers are concentrating efforts on understanding the details of their physiology. Before the late 80’s early 90’s not much physiological research was concentrated toward any one species of termite outside of general physical characteristic‚ anatomy
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nosocomial infections by practicing good hygiene and appropriate cleansing of surgical incisions and burns (2). In conclusion‚ it was found that the gram positive bacterium was indeed Staphylococcus aureus and the gram negative bacterium was Klebsiella pneumoniae. One problem that was difficult to overcome was maintaining sterile technique while inoculating both agar plates and test tubes. The isolation was difficult to do because two attempts were
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ANTI-INFECTIVES Anti-infective agents are drugs that are designed to act selectively on foreign organisms that have invaded and infected the body of a human host. Ideally‚ these drugs would be toxic to the infecting organisms only and would have no effect on the host (or human) cells. OVERVIEW • Antimicrobial therapy (often termed “antibiotic therapy”) is the use of medications to treat infections caused by bacteria‚ viruses‚ and fungi. • Antimicrobial must use selective toxicity to kill
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syndrome (TSS) is an uncommon but serious systemic infection which can occur in males and females of all ages. Symptoms include fever‚ hypotension and desquamation of the skin. The two main micro-organisms that cause TSS are Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. TSS is associated with the use of highly absorbent tampons but can also arise from Staphylococcus aureus infection at non-genital areas (for example wounds).[4] "From a UK population of around 60 million there were about 40 cases reported
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Thus‚ identification of microbes is a process of elimination based on logic and carefully-performed tests to determine the capabilities of the unknown microbe. The pieces of evidence used in the microbiology lab are your observations of the shape‚ morphology‚ Gram reaction‚ and the results from biochemical tests performed using a pure culture of an unknown organism. Results are compared to tables of known results for all bacteria with similar shape‚ morphology and Gram reaction to see where similarities
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