POST1 Mucormysis is a rare but highly aggressive and a fatal infection that affects immunocompromised patients. Mucormycosis infections have increasingly become very common. The survival of such infections is also very poor. Iron metabolism plays a very important role in regulating mucor infections. Deferoxamine predisposes patients to mucormycosisby supplying the fungus containing iron.From these findings‚ it is possible to treat the infection by using iron chelator as long as the chelator does
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Microbiology in odontogenic infections Most odontogenic infections contain mixed aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. predominant bacterial species present in oral cavity are maunly Streptococcus ‚ Peptostreptococcus‚ Veillonella‚ Lactobacillus‚ and Actinomyces . 11‚12 The mixed aerobic-anaerobic composition of the bacteria involved in suppurative odontogenic infections is thought to be important in the pathogenesis of infection. if bacteria involved in mixed odontogenic infections are isolated in pure
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by getting materials to make the board and the presentation. Purpose The purpose of this experiment is to investigate the effect of different toothpastes containing different ingredients on growth of the oral bacterium Streptococcus mutans. This is important as Streptococcus mutans is what causes the common carries infection‚ or a cavity. Hypothesis If the ring of inhibition is greatest with the Aloe vera‚ then the plant A. vera is the best‚ as a smaller zone of inhibition means that there
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Description Necrotizing Fasciitis is a term for a rare but very severe condition of rapidly spreading infection in the skin‚ fat‚ and a band of connective tissue covering the muscle called the fascia. The bacterium known as Streptococcus Pyogenes enters the body through a wound and releases deadly toxins as it consumes and multiplies the surrounding tissue‚ eventually adding TSS (Toxic Shock Syndrome) to the infection. The release of toxins eventually leads to necrosis (the premature death of
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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)‚ is a referred to as a disease characterized by hemolytic anemia‚ caused by the destruction of red blood cells‚ acute kidney failure (uremia)‚ and a low platelet count (thrombocytopenia). Although‚ it mostly affects children‚ there have been cases of adults with this illness. The destroyed red blood cells block the filtering system in the kidneys‚ which can lead to a life-threatening kidney failure. HUS usually develops in children after five to 10 days of diarrhea
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Identification of A Mixed Culture Unknown An experiment such as this one serves the purpose of allowing us‚ the students‚ to apply what we already know about any organism and any laboratory procedure to the difficult task at hand. It is possible to identify a mixed culture by running familiar experiments on the unknown bacteria and taking information already known about specific bacteria and applying it to the results. This helps to slowly eliminate any bacteria that do not correspond with the
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Bibliography: © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2002 E X E RC I S E © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2002 Gram Positive 38. General Unknown © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2002
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Gram Positive Unknown: “Enterococcus faecalis” Family: enterococcaceae Genus: enterococcus Species: faecalis Gram + Oxygen class: facultative anaerobe Temperature class: mesophile – they can grow in the range of 10 °C - 45 °C pH class: can grow at a pH range of (4.6 – 9.9) with the optimum at 7.5 Enterococci can survive very harsh environments including extreme alkaline pH 9.6 and salt concentrations (basic). Environment: They can
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Affects children 2-5 years Can heal with no treatment needed Scaled Skin Syndrome StaphlococcusSystemic Infection of normal microbiotaDesquamation (peeling of the skin) Treatment: Antibiotics Frequent in hospital nurseries Necrotizing fasciitis Streptococcus Pyogenes“Flesh eating” Direct Contact Extensive soft-tissue destruction Virulent antibiotic resistant strain Severe infections can eat through skin in 6 hours Otis external (Swimmer’s ear) Pseudomonas aeruginosaSwimming pools‚ saunas‚ hot tubs
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DESCRIPTION OF PRESENT ILLNESS An acute infectious disease of the lungs usually caused by the pneumoccocus resulting in the consolidation of one or more lobes of either or both lungs. Etiology • Majority of cases due to Diploccocus pneumoniae • Occasionally pneumoccocus of Friedlander • Other organisms • Viruses Predisposing Causes • Fatigue • Overexposure to inclement weather (extreme heat or cold) • Exposure to polluted air • Malnutrition
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