1. Microbiology ⁃ M microscope ⁃ I independent unit ⁃ C comparatively less complex ⁃ R rapid rate of reproduction ⁃ O omnipresent ⁃ humans are living repositories of bacteria/microbes ⁃ borne sterile ⁃ microbe on all surface area of the body ⁃ sterile areas: eyes‚ brain‚ spinal cord‚ bones‚ kidney‚ internal organs ⁃ mutualistic relationship: we provide site and nutrient and microbes provide vitamin‚ aid in food digestion ⁃ division of microbial world ⁃ living component: organism
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CORRECTED COPY HEALTH HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PATTERN DUE TO ANTIMICROBIAL MISUSE IN AFRICA BY SAIKI ADINOYI MUSA A GRADUATE SEMINAR PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH‚ FACULTY OF CLINICAL SCIENCES‚ COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES‚ UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN‚ ILORIN‚ KWARA STATE‚ NIGERIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN PUBLIC HEALTH (MPH) SUPERVISOR PROF. A. O. AWOYEMI MB.BS (Ibadan)‚ MPH (Lagos)
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The Way to A Man’s Heart Shouldn’t Be Through His Esophagus Elise Landa MD‚ Amin Pasha MD‚ Robby Singh MD‚ Christian Machado MD Providence-Providence Park Hospital/Michigan State University College of Human Medicine‚ Southfield‚ Michigan Introduction: Radiofrequency catheter ablation is a very commonly performed procedure‚ for curative treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). Although it is an effective and safe procedure‚ it is not without risk. The development of an Atrioesophageal fistula (AEF)
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Clostridium difficile is treated with oral Metronidazole or Vancomycin for 10-14 days. Metronidazole is preferred over Vancomycin for the treatment of mild C. difficile infection in children due to its lower cost and comparable effectiveness. Treatment of reactive arthritis depends on disease activity‚ functional status‚ and quality of life of
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Control by Antibiotics and Antiseptics Lab Report Georgia State University Introduction The fact that each bacterial species‚ and even some of their respective strains‚ responds uniquely to a given antimicrobial makes it necessary to have methods‚ which provide researchers and clinicians with measurable susceptibilities. This need has become prevalent since the rising of later generations of antimicrobial compounds achieved by chemical modifications of the naturally occurring antibiotics. By
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(2013) reported a method for isolation of E. coli O157 from meat sample. Twenty five grams of meat sample was blended with 225 ml of sterile modified tryptone soya broth containing vancomycin (40 μg/ml) followed by incubation at 37 °C for 18 h. Enriched culture was plated onto sorbitol MacConkey agar supplemented with cefixime and potassium tellurite. The plates were incubated at 37 °C for 24 h. E. coli O157 positive strains were further
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Pure Culture Techniques In this first lab‚ you will be learning some very fundamental and important techniques. As is the case with most things‚ shorts cuts usually get you in trouble. This is especially true in Microbiology. The techniques you will be learning tonight‚ if mastered correctly‚ will make your life and learning experience in Microbiology much easier‚ if you don’t pay attention and practice these techniques incorrectly‚ well then……? Today you will be learning the following techniques:
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Surgical Site Infection Prevention Lisa M. Ehret Walden University NURS 4001‚ Section 5‚ Research and Scholarship for Evidence-based Practice October 19‚ 2014 Surgical Site Infection Prevention Surgical site infections (SSI) are infections acquired after a patient undergoes an invasive surgical procedure. A surgical site infection is considered a hospital acquired infection‚ and in the United States is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality from hospital acquired infections (Korol
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waters‚ vegetables and fomites‚ and the intestinal tract of invertebrates‚ from which soil and food products may become contaminated‚ leading to the transient colonization of the human intestine. Illness associated with B. cereus can occur when heat-resistant B. cereus endospores survive cooking. If the food is then inadequately refrigerated or held for extended periods at improper temperatures the endospores can germinate and multiply. Once the spores germinate‚ the vegetative cells can multiply and
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Chapter One INTRODUCTION Herbal medicines tend to look primitive and unscientific when compared to synthetic (conventional) drugs‚ which are thought to be more reliable than those made from plants. Herbal medicine is still the mainstay of about 75-80% of the world population‚ mainly in the developing countries for primary health care (Kamboj‚ 2000). This is primarily because of the general belief that herbal drugs are without any side effects‚ besides being cheap and locally available. The
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