CM Gilmore completed a UHV regarding the safety and well-being regarding the children listed in the report. The family was not present at the home; however, shortly after CM Gilmore arrived CM arrived. CM Gilmore explained the purpose of the visit. CM Gilmore met with bmo Diana Wiggins privately to discuss the allegations in the report. Bmo disclosed the following: • There was an argument while the school social worker Jan Scarbary was there at the home visiting.…
For instance penicillin is known to be effective against gram positive bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus of which during its activity forms surface protein that binds and leads to the osmotic lysis (Willey et al, 2011 page832). However, there are some emergences of bacteria resistance to penicillin causing pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus infections know as Methicillin – resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (Chaitow, 1998) commonly found in hospitals. The results showed that Ciprofloxacin (C) was effective against S. aureus solid proof backing the literature that the drug has capabilities against gram-negative species better than Gram –positive (Heritage et al, 1999).…
The next test, Bacitracin Susceptibility, was the next test on key that helped lead to the identification of the unknown. For this procedure, you grab a Blood Agar plate, and then streak the plate with a flamed loop containing your unknown. After the plate is streaked, you will then ask your instructor to place antibacterial discs throughout the plate. These antibacterial discs, after growth, will show the zone of inhibition which will then lead to your results. You leave the plates for a couple days in order to later on see some growth.…
S. aureus was inhibited by Lysol and Scope. b. The tests that were performed were not effective in distinguishing between bacteriostatic and bactericidal agents. The zone of inhibition may have been a result of both bacteriostatic and/or bactericidal properties. The disinfectants/antiseptics may have prohibited the bacteria from growing in the zone of inhibition, or cells that were able to grow initially could have been killed after they began to grow.…
References- Fitzgibbon, A. (2015). What is a Group [Slate]. Ontario: Sheridan College. Fitzgibbon, A. (2015). What is a Team [Slate].…
Introduction The drugs used in this experiment are Chloramphenicol and rifampicin. Both of these drugs are antibiotics however their methods of action are quite different. These drugs have different effects on the bacteria they are being used against. Rifampicin is a bactericidal drug and chloramphenicol is bacteriostatic. Bactericidal drugs interfere with the bacteria to such an extent that the bacteria die.…
Penicillin causes 10% of humans to get allergic reactions that range from mild to deadly. Common allergic reactions to penicillin included rashes, hives, itchy eyes, and swollen lips, tongue, or face. In rare cases, an allergy to penicillin can cause an anaphylactic reaction, which can be deadly. Penicillin was also very unstable if it was not at the right pH (source K) and so people would be unaffected if they took penicillin and would die. It was also difficult to get the right pH level because penicillin was not available near war zones and it had to be transported, making the pH level difficult to maintain especially in war zones as there were unexpected bombs and shooting that could damage the package of penicillin and soldiers would not be able to use the…
Ted Talk 2: Carl Hart Let’s Stop Abusing Drugs March 19, 2017 Carl Hart is a former drug use/seller from the mean streets of Miami who is now a professor of psychology and psychiatry at Columbia University. He is known for his research/studies in the field drugs. Mr. Hart believed he could solve the drug problem but changed his mind as he became more educated about the drug problem. Mr. Hart found out that the crack cocaine laws of the 80’s were unfair when compared to the powder cocaine laws of the same year. The punishment for crack was a hundred times harder (a five-year minimum for possession) than powder cocaine!…
Why Hopkins? I knew this conversation well, but each time it was marginally varied. Today the aroma of popcorn wafted my way as I sat at a table in Target. “We are moving to Baltimore this summer,” my dad said. Thus began another relocation experience, one that continued to foster my diverse interests.…
Antibiotics were a pivotal discovery which saved many lives during epidemics and pandemics over the recent centuries. During the 1920’s a scientist named Alexander Fleming was working as the professor of bacteriology in London at St. Mary's Hospital. Alexander was working on staphylococcus and had left some on the table which got contaminated. Later a colony was spotted in one of the samples resembling a white fluffy mass which multiplied rapidly and caused the staphylococcus to become transparent.…
Since the development of penicillin, countless lives have been saved over the years but over-prescribing and misuse of the medication has played a large role in the antibiotic resistance crisis. As a result, resistant strains of S. aureus have grown and spread into the community, some even showing resistance to multiple antibiotics (Ventola, 2015). Prior to the discovery of penicillin, death due to bacterial infections was quite common. When penicillin was first introduced to the public in the 1940's, it was found to be very effective at curing bacterial illnesses and also played an immense role in controlling infections during WWII. 10 years after it's introduction to the public, the first case of penicillin resistant S. aureus was…
The hypotheses given were greatly supported during the experiment. Three of the four drugs; Lignocain, Hexamethonium, and Atropine, all showed a decline of inhibition of peristalsis. Nicardipine showed to have complete inhibition of peristalsis. It showed to have a 0 au drug amplitude. There were two standard pressures for this experiment.…
After the incubation period, the agar containing the antibiotic testing was taken out and if the microbe reacted with the antibiotic, a circle or clearing would appear around the disk containing the antibiotic. The diameter of this circle was then measured and compared with a table found on page 95 of the Microbiology Lab Manual to understand the antibiotics resistance, intermediate and sensitive levels, as they differ for each antibiotic. The numbers on the table in the Microbiology Lab Manual represented whether the microbe was resistant, shown in the light blue color on the graph, intermediate, shown in purple, or sensitive to the antibiotic, shown in the periwinkle color. As shown in figure 1 above, indicated with a yellow line, each antibiotic tested on unknown microbe #7 turned out to be sensitive. The diameters of the cleared out areas were vancomycin: 21mm, erythromycin:…
The treatment of penicillin is a first line defense encountering some infectious agent that can lead to peril in one 's life. The first line defense is nothing else will do at the time but penicillin. Many physicians perform assessments to check the level of allergy by continuously monitoring the patient after the initial dose(“Penicillin Allergies.”). Another example that shows that there are people allergic to penicillin and that bacteria have formed resistance to penicillin and other antibiotics, penicillin will always be relevant to the studies of Microbiology…
In 1945, Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst Boris Chain, and Sir Howard Walter Florey receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology (medicine) for their work on creating penicillin, but Norman Heatley, who also helped develop penicillin, did not receive the Nobel Prize for his work. If it were not for Heatley, the other scientists he worked with, and the scientists before him, the creation of the drug we know as penicillin today would not have been created. Penicillin is considered the first antibiotic drug in modern medical history that created a pinnacle turning point in pharmacology; its creation opened the door to many more antibiotics to be created. But what did this miraculous drug come from? Many would think it came from a rare substance that was…