Clostridium

substances are formed. The presence of moisture, oxygen and light are among the factors that speed up rancidity. Food poisoning can be caused by eating food contaminated with bacteria such as campylobacter, salmonella, listeria, shigella and Clostridium perfringens. With moisture, a food source, enough time, and suitable temperatures, bacteria will grow and multiply rapidly on foods, especially related to improper foods handling. Food which has become contaminated with harmful bacteria does…

While the risk of infection is high, it varies from person to person, for example the link between an appendectomy and the increased risk of Clostridium infection. The extent of the risk is extremely high in an immunocompromised person than in a healthy individual. While the risk is lowered for healthy individuals with good personal hygiene, it is still high. Disease from normal flora isn’t common…

for my population of interest relates to the prevention of Clostridium difficile infections in the acute care setting. According to Curley and Vitale (2016) the advanced practice nurses (APRNs) role in the prevention exertions pertains to surveillance of poor health outcomes in acute care facilities by recognizing contributing factors and planning interventions to diminish costs and expand better care (p. 13). The prevalence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), including severe…

The title of the lab: Microorganisms and Humans – Infectious Disease Lab Resource The aim of the lab: The aim of the lab was to see if student could detect streptococci causing bacteria in the back of their throats and other objective was to view pathogen causing diseases under the microscope. Activity 1 – Identification of Human Streptococcal Pathogens Materials 1. Glass microscope slides 2. Bunsen burner 3. Inoculating loop 4. Sharpie pen 5. 2 bacitracin discs 6. Sterile saline tubes 7.…

that concept until I hit high school. By the time I was willing to try to 'fix' myself, an illness came over me. I had endometriosis and a clostridium difficile infection all at once. The doctors were stumped and couldn't give me a proper diagnosis. Finally, after months of crippling pain and week-long stays in the hospital, I was given a diagnosis. The clostridium difficle was curable, but the endometriosis I would live with for the rest of my life. A few surgeries later, I felt like I was…

where its name came from, as due to these suspicions the toxin was named “botulus” – the Latin for sausage. Since then we know that Botulinum Toxin is a potent neurotoxin that is produced by rod-shaped spore-forming anaerobic bacterium called Clostridium bacterium. The bacterium require special conditions to reproduce; usually low-levels or no oxygen and low acidity (nothing above pH 5.4). If the toxin was to be consumed, once absorbed by the intestine it gets into the bloodstream via simple…

infections.The risk of enteric infections associated with PPI utilization fixates on the hypothesis of as pH rises above 4, there is impaired destruction of ingested microorganisms by gastric acid. Several studies have observed hospital-acquired CDAD(Clostridium difficile-associated diarrrhoea) with PPI usage. A case-controlled study discovered a 2.5 fold risk of CDAD in 170 hospitalized patients in the UK with PPI therapy and a greater than 5-fold risk is associated with both PPI and…

Along side illness and disorder that affect the neuromuscular junction is also toxins that affect or impair the neuromuscular junction. One of these toxins is Botulinim, which is a neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Clostridium botulinum is has eight distinct exotoxins (A, B, C1, C2, D, E, F and G), according to the US National Library of Medicine (2010). Botulinim toxin interfere with neural transmission by blocking the release of acetylcholine in the body, which is the…

Medicine, which looked at proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) – the powerful drugs that shut off production of stomach acid. PPIs are effective, but heavily used. Researchers have found that hospital patients who take PPI are more likely to be infected with Clostridium difficile, a dangerous superbug. For older women, long-term use increases the odds of breaking a bone. For milder symptoms, an antacid may be all that is needed, say Dr. Mark Naunton, the deputy head of pharmacy at Charles Darwin…

specifically waterborne diseases. Waterborne diseases such as polio, cholera, hepatitis, and dysentery are awful diseases and considerably debilitating and in some cases fatal. These diseases are caused by highly pathogenic waterborne bacteria such as Clostridium botulinum, Vibrio cholerae, Shigella dysenteriae, and Salmonella typhi. The World Health Organization attributes the mortality of water associated diseases to over 5 million people a year, with 1.5 million of those deaths being…