Antibiotic

viruses . While similar in that respect, most drugs used are specialized for a certain type of infection and cannot be used to treat another. For example, an antibiotic is used to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria in an infection, but would not be effective in a virus-born infection. This focus will remain predominantly on antibiotics and antibiotic resistance,…

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) was first discovered as the superbug in the United Kingdom in 1961 and because of its nature of resisting antibiotic treatments, it was difficult to treat this bacterium (Sanders, 2012). Staphylococcus Aureus (S. Aureus) is one of the normal floras that make ecological niches on certain body parts but usually on the anterior nares. It is a commensal organism that can also be pathogenic if its ecological niches’ such as body’s defense system…

Invasive candidiasis is an infection caused through a candida ,unlike the rest of candidiasis (1). Invasive candidiasis is a dangerous infection that can influence the blood ,eyes ,heart and other parts of the body (1). It normally lives in the gastrointestinal tract and on the skin without caused any problems . Invasive candidiasis can be cured with antifungal medication that is often given to prohibit the infection from development in certain patients (1). Vaginal candidiasis (VVC)…

lab work and field work. A day in the lab for an epidemiologist usually consists of analyzing pathogens or organisms that were collected in the field. If there has been an outbreak, the epidemiologists in the lab also try to create a vaccine or antibiotic to help stop the spread of the pathogen. A day in the field can differ depending on what your field of epidemiology is. A day in the field can can include going out and investigating outbreaks and collecting samples to send back to the lab for…

infections because of its following properties; i. Its target of action is plasma cell wall which the humans lack; hence its ability to kill the parasite and spare the host cell which is the principle of selective toxicity. It is a cyclic lipopeptide antibiotics that interfere with fungal cell synthesis by inhibition of beta(1,3) D-glucan synthase. Loss of cell wall glucan results in osmotic fragility which can expand the cell causing it to burst. ii.Its effectiveness against spectrums of fungal…

grouping. Some species have begun to exhibit a resistance to fluoroquinolone by the use of altering the drug binding site and the use of a membrane pump (Hooper 2002). Thanks to the resistance to this antibiotic, this opens the door to superinfections. Superinfections occur when an antibiotic eliminates competing bacteria and allows the mutant and resistant survivors to repopulate. Superinfections can be dangerous especially in immunocompromised…

American soldier and citizen lives by killing drugs. According to the U.S. military’s own analysis, the main difference of the deaths between WWI and WWII, “was the wide use of sulfa drugs.” However, as we know today, diseases can learn to resist antibiotics should we use them too often.…

NAME UKAH R.C MATRIC NUMBER NSC/2014/887 COURSE CODE PCL 304 ASSIGNMENT : QUESTION NUMBER 1: LIST THE PRINCIPLES OF CHEMOTHERAPEAUTIC RESISTANCE Introduction: PRINCIPLE : Principle is an essential factors or elements that may have impact on the survival mechanism, which may either be from environment or the person taking the drugs or factor participating may engineer drug resistance. RESISTANCE: It is reduction in…

with the disease? Strep throat is a very minor infection if treated properly and is easily curable. If it is diagnosed quickly and antibiotics are used, symptoms vanish quickly and a person will no longer be contagious after 24 hours. If it is properly cured, the infection will have no influence on the life span of a person. 5. What treatments are available? Antibiotics to treat strep throat are not very expensive, and with a strep test and doctor’s appointment could cost a couple hundred…

were positive. As specified “if the isolates that are DNase-positive and positive for at least one other test it should be considered potential S. aureus” (Kiser 79). Also, the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion test displayed resistance to four different antibiotics, one which is penicillin, a big indication due to S. aureus having a beta lactamase enzyme and being able to a bind penicillin protein together (Kateete). However, if that’s not enough evidence there’s always a better look under the…