Clostridium botulinum

Introduction The infection at the wound site is a severe kind of problem and it delays regeneration of epidermis and dermis in the wound and slows wound closure. Due to the secretion of microbial enzymes by wound pathogens, a variety of extracellular matrix proteins were degraded. Synthetic antimicrobial therapy used in the wound management and eradication of pathogens. However, it has many shortcomings such as anti-microbial resistance, cyto-toxicity against host tissue and absence of…

Clinical Problem: Patients with severe Clostridium difficile that are treated with typical antibiotics have an increased chance of recurrent infection. Objective: To determine if the use of Fecal Microbiota Transplants are more effective in treating severe cases of C diff infection. PubMed, Google scholar, and the National Center for Biotechnology Information were researched to gather clinical trial and guidelines for Fecal Microbiota Transplants. The key words used to find the evidence were,…

Are antibiotics overprescribed? Many people around the world are victims of bacterial antibiotic resistance. This is a result of doctors overprescribing antibiotics when unnecessary. Many antibiotics are prescribed for illnesses that caused by viruses. Doctors grab their prescription pad, when symptoms of common infection are shown in their patients, as there is no accurate diagnostic testing for bacterial infections. Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics through overexposure. On the other…

Antibiotics are one of the most common prescription given by doctors. Antibiotics are considered as antibacterial drug that are used to treat infections which is affected from bacteria, antibiotics play a vital role in treating bacterial infections. Antibiotics do not cure every illness it just cure infections caused by bacteria but it does not treat infections caused by virus ,so before taking any antibiotics doctor’s prescription is very essential ,whether the patient is suffering from viral…

Nurses advance on research and evidence-based practice which provide their patients with positive outcomes and can be achieved by reading nursing journals and scholarly articles. According to Kenneley (2014) in the article "Clostridium difficile infection is on the rise", Clostridium difficile is a bacterial organism that can be found in a small percentage of individuals alongside the natural flora of the digestive system; it produces spores, which can live for long periods of time outside of…

“More people now die each year of hospital acquired infections than of AIDS, traffic accidents, and the flu combined,” (Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, 2014). Many people believe that healthcare facilities are regularly disinfected, that surfaces and equipment are always sterilized, and that the staff is demanded by law to use hygienic methods all the time, but that may not be the case. The majority of the time, healthcare-associated infections are transmitted from patient to…

Healthcare acquired infections, or HAIs, are preventable infections that a patient obtains while receiving treatment for another infection or surgical condition. These types of infections can occur in a variety of clinical care settings such as acute care hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, dialysis facilities, outpatient care, and long-term care facilities. HAIs can be caused by the use of medical devices such as catheters, central lines, or ventilators, and by surgical procedures. In fact,…

Thank you for you information request on Florastor® (Saccharomyces boulardii) and prevention of Clostridium difficile. As you stated earlier, Ms. JS was recently transferred from another facility to Llano Estacado Estates for a higher level of care. JS is an 84 year old, female patient that has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s dementia, anxiety, depression, insomnia, hypothyroidism, constipation, and gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD). She is currently on the following medications: Aricept®…

All people have their own problems, some more drastic then others. A person may have poor eyesight, another may have muscle problems. Now, what if you have a bacteria infection; and wish to get rid of it? Then Tetracycline is the drug for you to be interested in. Tetracycline is a drug focused on greatly reducing the bacteria in an area of the body. If you have any kind of infection, this is the drug for you. However, you may be asking "what exactly does it do to help me? What are the side…

1. Describe what may occur if hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity occur as a result of drug use. Hepatotoxicity is when the liver detoxifies and metabolizes foreign chemicals in the blood. It can be damaged by drugs or their metabolic products. If liver cells are injured, enzymatic abnormalities usually occur which is when fatty liver deposits form, hepatitis occurs, and in the worst cases liver failure can result. Nephrotoxicity occurs when nephron tubules and/or filtration abilities of the…