Chloramphenicol

Acinetobacter baumannii is a gram negative coccobacilli bacteria. It is an aerobic Glucose non-fermentative and oxidase negative. This bacterium is able to avoid desiccation for more than 30 days. It can be Opportunistic pathogen in human and It is commonly isolated from the hospital environment and hospitalized patients causing nosocomial infection [1]. This bacterium is responsible for causing several diseases in human such as pneumonia, urinary tract infection, Meningitis, wound infection,…

Antibiotic sensitivity Introduction: Initially, when treating patients for bacterial infections it is important to understand the type of microorganism being dealt with and what type of antibiotic will kill it. There are three main characteristics that scientists look for in useful antibiotics: the toxicity, manufacturing, and its ability to work and be expelled safely. First, is the ability of the antibiotic reaching its target with minimal toxicity to the patient. The second characteristic is…

the 30s subunits of RNA. This happens because the antibiotic binds to the 30s subunits of the ribosomal RNA where aminoacyl-tRNA normally would bind. When this happens, the bacteria cell cannot perform protein synthesis and dies. The antibiotic chloramphenicol also targets the protein synthesis of the bacteria cells. This happens because the antibiotic binds to a receptor on the 50s subunit which inhibits peptidyl transferase. This is the enzyme that leads to the formation of peptide bonds.…

coli, and the unknown were put into three different agar plate and each plate were divided into four quadrants. In each of the four quadrant of the agar plates the antibiotics of ciprofloxacin, penicillin, Trimethoprim with sulfamethoxazole, and chloramphenicol were added onto each corresponding quadrants labeled to determine the reaction the microorganisms had to each antibiotics. The API 20E strip comprises of 20 microtubes containing desiccated substrates. These tests are inoculated with a…

Culture B has a thin cell wall with an outer membrane. From the results of the Gram’s test, neither patient is infected with more than one strain and based on the zones of inhibition in Table 5-2 of the lab manual, the antibiotics, Tetracycline and Chloramphenicol, can be used to treat both infections because they are broad-spectrum antibiotics. Broad-spectrum antibiotics are not desirable, therefore Nalidixic Acid or Streptomycin are best used to treat Mary Farmer’s infection and Kanamycin is…

marcescens was most resistant to Ampicillin and least resistant to Nalidixic Acid. This aligns with my individual data. For Streptomycin, the mean zone of inhibition was 21.9 mm, and the standard deviation was 3.99. For Chloramphenicol, the mean was 24.8 mm, and the SD was 5.03. For Nalidixic Acid, the mean was 31.8 mm, and the SD was 2.55. For Kanamycin, the mean was 22.1 mm, and the SD was 1.49. For Gentamycin, the mean was 24.9 mm, and the SD was 2.95. For Ampicillin, the…

Introduction: The effectiveness of Antimicrobial agents against Microorganisms Population of microorganisms or growth are killed and/or inhibited by natural or synthetic chemical antimicrobial controls (Madigan, et al 2012). Antimicrobial agents are grouped according to their efficacy against microorganisms. Bactericidal that kill and bacteriostatic prevent and/or reduce growth (Madigan et al, 2012). Harmful pathogens are targeted with different antimicrobial agents according to their toxicity…

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these “miracle drugs.” Common illnesses during this time such as tuberculosis and typhoid fever were very deadly and were easily treatable with the help of antibiotics. This is stated in the quote which reads, “Antibiotics, such as streptomycin, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline, provided the first effective means to treat chronic infections, such as tuberculosis or typhoid fever, resulting in a growing belief among medical scientists that infectious disease could now be controlled” (Salem…

The American Industrial Revolution was a change in human life conditions that took place in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. There was change in technology, society, education, economy, culture, and medicine. Each were very essential in the growth of the economy. Public Health was something that had to be focused on during the Industrial Revolution. Without public health, how would people survive? Doctors needed technology for resources, education to be well-educated and…