Antimicrobial

On October 31, 2017, at 4:00 pm, I attended the Department of Biology Seminar Series hosted by Dr. Richard Gomer that helped in the Biological Sciences Building East, Room 115. The lecturer was Dr. Carolyn Cannon from the Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology at the College of Medicine TAMHSC. What intrigued me to go to this lecture was the title, “Wolves in Sheep's Clothing: Killing Bacterial Pathogens with Innocuous Compounds. Surprisingly the title did match the content that Dr.…

Sharklet ™ “ Transmission of bacterial infections, including MRSA and MSSA could be curbed by coating hospitals surfaces with microscopic bumps that mimic the scaly surface of shark skin, according to research published in the open access journal “Antimicrobial Resistance and Infections Control”. In other word the mimicking of the shark’s skin is useful to prevent from bacterial infections to spread in hospitals facilities . The study modelled how well different materials prevented from spread…

Introduction: Epidemiology: Sepsis is a significant public health burden with increasingly high incidence and mortality rates. In 2010, an estimated 5.1% of deaths were attributed to sepsis in the United Kingdom. Consequently, it is a leading cause of admission to intensive care units (ICU), delays in hospital discharge and a significant cost to the economy. Therefore, it is imperative to raise awareness and prepare clinicians with the knowledge and guidance to embark on the global movement…

Fixed orthodontic mechanotherapy improves dentofacial aesthetics and provides good occlusal relationships but they also pose a serious challenge for the patient and the clinician in form of enamel decalcification. Fixed appliances not only favor the plaque accumulation at the cervical margins but also beneath bands and brackets. Therefore, decalcification seen around the orthodontic brackets and bands, in the form of white spot lesions, is a negative treatment sequelae seen in more than 50% of…

However, the only passive education such as lectures, educational events, leaflets and handouts without restrictive or supportive interventions, has been proved less effective in changing antimicrobial prescribing behaviors and has little long-term impact. Besides, education with only printed educational materials also have had little effect on reduce the prescribing for antibiotics or other medications in the outpatient setting (Pulcini & Gyssens…

type of organism responsible for creating antimicrobial agents is Bacillus subtilis which inhibits wall synthesis and Bacillus polymyxa that disrupts the cell membrane (Harvey,1998). Since there are so many different microorganisms that create antimicrobial agents there will continue to be new species discovered for a long time. Lastly, there are some conditions that will affect the outcome when testing for the sensitivity of microorganisms using antimicrobial agents. One of the biggest is the…

antioxidant activity of leaves of C. nardus II. To determine the antimicrobial activity of leaves of C. nardus 1.4 Scope and Limitation of the study The leaves of C. nardus will be subjected to hydrodistillation in Clevenger-type apparatus to obtain Citronella oil. The antioxidant activity of C. nardus leaves will be determined by 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging methods whereas the antimicrobial activity will be determined using disc diffusion method.…

inappropriately not only leads to wastage of resources but also carries potential serious and life-threatening adverse effects for the users (2). Resistance to antimicrobial drugs by the microorganism is increasing due to improper use of antibiotics. Microbial resistance is one of the major issues of the health worldwide (3). Using of antimicrobials and the emergence of resistant microorganisms had to get attention since the introduction of penicillin. Bacterial resistance has a negative impact…

prone to the disease are pregnant women, newborns, elderly, and those with HIV or other diseases that compromise immunity. Listeria infections are associated with a high mortality rate, thus effective treatment and prevention are essential. Antimicrobial therapy Successful treatment of listeriosis with ampicillin or penicillin as a monotherapy has been reported in the medical literature. Nevertheless, since in vitro tolerance or even resistance to penicillin alone has been described, and…

such as syphilis and tuberculosis proved no match for the powerful drug. Yet, over decades of medical advances, the development of antimicrobial drugs has become all but stagnant, stymied by a lack of discovery of new compounds that might offer medicinal…