Clostridium tetani

Dr. Nick: I am director of one of the largest CF programs and I spend about half of my time with clinical care, both in the hospital and the clinic. I have a large research program that is both clinical trials and I have my own lab as well. Interviewer: On average, how many cystic fibrosis patients would you say are under your direct care? Dr. Nick: Under my direct care probably about 200. Interviewer: How many are treated at your center? Dr. Nick: We have around 600 sign into the registry…

Primary outcome measure: Incidence of hospital-identified Clostridium difficile infection (HI-CDI) – identified according to the national definition of diarrhoea symptoms and a stool tests showing C. difficile toxin A, B or C – was “defined as CDI diagnosed in a patient attending any area of an acute public hospital” (Slimings et al, 2014). Time of analysis: From the 1st of January 2011 to 31st December 2012. Analyses were conducted in patient-days, which was defined as “number of days of…

Should Antibiotic Use in Livestock Continue? When we get sick we make a trip to the doctor and get prescribed medicine. One common form of medicine prescribed is antibiotics. In addition, this form of medicine is used in the raising of livestock, but at a much larger quantity at 70% of all antibiotic use (The Overuse). So, what if I told you that too much of that drug can lead to harmful effects in our world? The issue of whether antibiotics should be used in the raising of livestock or not has…

Introduction/Review of Literature Introduction Hospital acquired infections (HAI), also known as healthcare associated infections or nosocomial infections, are infections transmitted to patients while in a hospital or other healthcare facility. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015), there were approximately 722,000 patients suffering from hospital acquired infections in the United States in 2011 of whom 75,000 suffered fatalities. Accordingly, hospital acquired…

Proper sanitization is one of, if not the, most important aspect of working in the medical field. Nurses, doctors, technicians, or any medical personnel, come in contact with many patients in just a single day. Each patient can have a myriad of different pathogens that can easily contaminate the hospital. Hand hygiene is an easy solution that highly decreases the risk of cross-contamination to other surfaces, coworkers, and even patients. These standards of care, regarding sanitization, are…

Knowledge of the most common anatomic characteristics and their possible variations is fundamental, because the nontreatment of one canal can lead to endodontic treatment failure.1 The main objective of endodontic therapy is to eliminate infection from the root canal and the prevention of reinfection.2 The achievement of this goal depends on several factors:3 -elimination of surviving microorganisms in the root canal system through effective cleaning and shaping procedures -creation of a tight…

Mercer disease is a staph infection that is resistant to the penicillin family of antibiotics. Mercer is another name for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus; or MRSA for short. The infection begins either in the skin or a mucus membrane. The longer it goes untreated the deeper the infection burrows. MRSA can even get into the blood and spread the infection to the entire body. MRSA is a man influenced bacteria. It gained the resistance to the penicillin family because of improper use of…

NECROTIZING FASCIITIS This is an uncommon disease. Necrotizing Fasciitis is also known as a flesh-eating bacteria disease. This affects every 1 out of 4 people. Some symptoms of this disease are weak immune system, consumption of steroid medicines, has surgical cuts or injuries on parts of their body, or had been affected by chicken pox recently. This bacteria destroys and eats up fat, skin and the tissue covering the muscle of a particular part of the body, and can occur anywhere in the body.…

Bacteria are single celled organisms. These organisms cannot be seen with naked eyes. There are million varieties of bacteria out of which few bacteria are useful for our body metabolisms in day to day life. Usually bacteria reproduce very fast in favorable atmosphere. However, some bacteria adversely affect our health. They affect our health either internally or externally. These days with the rapid growth and advancement in technology, we have treatments for almost every bacterial disease we…

Many of you would’ve heard the word Antibiotic at least once in your life, a few of you may have even taken some. It’s a very well known medical term and literally means ‘life-killing’. Something I’m certain will astound you, is that growing resistance against these once revolutionary treatments is one of the biggest threats to global health today. For those who don’t know, Antibiotics are a branch of drugs that stop bacteria from reproducing. This is achieved by stopping vital processes…