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treatments. In her past history, she had an older sibling, who was a known case of CGD, but she had received the routine vaccination, including BCG and had developed BCG-adenitis at the age of 8 months old for which Investigations were negative for mycobacterium tuberculosis and she was prescribed prophylactic dose of trimethoprim-sulfametoxazol, but not any anti-fungal agent. Since last month she developed a productive cough, unresponsive to oral antibiotic therapy. On admission she had…

The 1918 “Spanish flu” Pandemic was caused by an avian-like influenza virus that gained the ability for efficient and sustained human-to-human transmission and then spread globally, killing 20-50 millions. Fortunately, viruses with pandemic potential are rare occurrences and ongoing surveillance of human and avian viruses is being done globally in preparedness for an influenza pandemic. Vaccines and anti-viral drugs may be available, if needed and time permits. Both kinds of therapies have…

HLTIN301C Assignment Q5a+b need answering 1. List and give a brief description of the four main groups of microorganisms. • Bacteria – A single celled organism that thrives in diverse environments. There are 5 groups that bacteria can be divided into (according to shape): bacilli, cocci, filamentous, spirilla and vibrio. Some are beneficially good for the body and others can be parasitic and produce toxins that can cause disease or death. • Fungi – A single celled or multicellular organism…

in the community... [Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2003] - PubMed - NCBI . Retrieved 26 September 2014, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12729339 Roy, A; Eisenhut, M; Harris, RJ; Rodrigues, (Aug 5, 2014). "Effect of BCG vaccination against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children: systematic review and meta-analysis." Tbcontrollers.org,. (2014). Retrieved 26 September 2014, from http://tbcontrollers.org/docs/CoreCompetencies/NCMCompetencies-draft04052012.pdf UK Essays, (2014).…

based on a close analysis of the treatment group 2 reactions, the poor environmental factors resulted in a malnourished look for both groups. However, it was fatal for group 1 due to the factor that they were also artificially infected of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb), which resulted in the demise of the four rabbits in this…

Listeria Monocytogenes as the only possible candidate. A non spore forming test removed all Bacillus and Clostridium species as a possibility. A positive catalase test removed Lactobacillus species as a possibility. A negative nitrate test removed mycobacterium species as a possibility. And, a positive phenol red arabinose test removed Kurthia species as a possibility. A Blood agar ( Beta hemolysis) test was resulted as negative which left only Listeria Monocytogenes. With performing the series…

Tuberculosis is a complex disease, that is treatable and preventable, yet it is the second leading cause of death due to a single infectious agent after HIV/AIDS (WHO, 2013). Although, TB as it is commonly called, has been a major killer throughout human history, its incidence has declined in the United States over most of the 20th century (Adams & Koch, 2010). There was a brief period of increase with the incidence of HIV/AIDS (between 1985 and 1992), but since then, there has been a steady…

Essay 92: Pneumonia - CAP vs. Nosocomial Infections Pneumonia refers to an infection of the lower respiratory tract. Although many classification schemes exist, e.g. bacterial/viral/fungal pneumonia, most clinicians find it useful to group pneumonia into two broad categories: community acquired pneumonia (CAP) and nosocomial pneumonia. CAP Community acquired pneumonia simply refers to any case of pneumonia contracted outside of a hospital. Most cases of CAP that come to medical…

1. Abstract In this study, reverse micellar extraction of asparaginase model system was carried out using CTAB/Iso-octane/hexanol/butanol system to optimize the forward and back extraction efficiency. By using Taguchi’s orthogonal array (OA), maximum forward extraction efficiency of 55.0%, 61.0% and 54% was achieved with an aqueous phase pH of 11.0, 150mM CTAB/Iso-octane and 0.1 M NaCl, respectively. Similarly, Taguchi’s orthogonal array (OA) was applied to optimize the pH of stripping phase,…

Guatemala, which is formally named the Republic of Guatemala, is a country that lies in Central America and is bordered by Mexico, the Pacific Ocean, Belize, the Caribbean, Honduras, and El Salvador. The meaning of the name Guatemala being “land of trees,” fits perfectly seeing that the country is heavily forested and mountainous. The country of Guatemala assumes an area of 108,889 km² (42,042 sqmi) and has an estimated population of 12,701,000, which is the most populous in Central America. The…