Ciprofloxacin

There is one form of treatment if the bacterial infection is caught soon enough. Antibiotics are used to treat typhoid fever. As of now the two most common ones used are ceftriaxone and cefoperazone (Carson-DeWitt). It is stated that ciprofloxacin is also used as a follow up treatment (Casrson-DeWitt) or used by non-pregnant adults (Newman). It is encouraged to stay hydrated throughout the recovery period. The treatment can last up to six weeks and is key to helping eliminate the spread…

Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia Pestis, usually carried by rodents and other small animals. It is a vector borne disease in humans, which means it is caused by bites from a flea that is infected with the disease, direct contact, inhalation, or ingestion of infected materials. There are three types of plague depending on the route of infection: bubonic, septicaemic, and pneumonic. There have been three major epidemics of plague throughout history. There have been…

There are various types of drugs that people are exposed to in the day to day life. The use of these drugs results to various actions happening to the human body. This paper thus gets into an in-depth analysis of the actions that the four major classifications of drugs, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens and narcotics, have on the human body when used. The paper will look at the effects that each type of drug has on the human body, the dependence of each drug and how the drug interacts with…

Sterile Ointments Ointments are semisolids expected for external application to the skin or mucous layers. They typically contain lower than 20% water and volatiles and more than 50% hydrocarbons, waxes, or polyols as the vehicle. Ointment bases known for use as vehicles fall into four general classes: hydrocarbon bases, absorption bases, water-removable bases, and water-soluble bases. Each therapeutic ointment has its base one of these four general classes. • Hydrocarbon Bases: They are…

What is vibrio Vulnificus? Vibrio Vulnificus is a bacterium from the genus Vibrio. Across most countries Vibrio Vulnificus is a rare cause of illness and is not notifiable in Queensland. From hospital data, in the financial year of 2010/2011 there were 16 hospitalisations reported as being associated with Vibrio Vulnificus. It is naturally found in warm (warmer than 180C) sea and estuarine waters throughout the world and is therefore common in many tropical or subtropical regions. Vibrio…

diagnosed with Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventiricular tachycardia (CPVT). Megan was given medication to take for the rest of her life to control this serious condition and had a heart monitor inserted into her chest. Megan is allergic to Cipro (ciprofloxacin) and…

Schiff Bases: Schiff bases are amongst the important class of drugs containing imine or azoethine (-C=N-) moiety,have been obtained by the condensation of primary amines and carbonyl compounds.It was first time presented by the Hugo schiff (Cimerman et al, 2000). Schiff bases are one of the most important class of organic drugs widely used in variety of different fields such as analytical, biological, and inorganic chemistry.The schiff bases heve been designed to synthesize more and more novel…

Crohn Disease, also known as Regional Enteritis, is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), of which there is no cure, only manageable treatments with possible remissions. It causes inflammation of the digestive or gastrointestinal tract (GI), although it can affect any part of the GI tract, it is mostly the small intestine. Most of the time it begins between the ages of 15-35, but can affect people of any age, men & women equally. Crohn’s was named for Burill Crohn, the American…

MYCOCEPT (Mycophenolate mofetil) is the 2-morholinoethyl ester of mycophenolic acid (MPA). CHEMICAL NAME: 2-morpholin-4-ylethyl (E)-6- (4-hydroxy-6-methoxy-7-methyl-3-oxo-1H-2-benzofuran-5-yl)-4-methylhex-4 enoate. STRUCTURAL FORMULA: Fig: Mycophenolate mofetil MOLECULAR WEIGHT: 433.50g/mol APPEARANCE: Mycophenolate mofetil, is a white to off-white crystalline powder. SOLUBILITY: It is slightly…

porin synthesis(3). Because of that she was then given different antibiotic atleast every month to see what was the right antibiotic. Antibiotics used in this study includes: imipenem, cefepime, ceftazidime, colistin, polymyxin B, norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, cotrimoxazole, and gentamicin (3). All the above antibiotics were used on the patient but still E. aerogenes had a strong resistance to all of the antibiotics used. The patient condition remain stable for ten days and right after the…