Clostridium

HISTORY OF PREVELANCE: It is not clear when gas gangrene was officially discovered, although records from the Civil War indicate it was known at the time (Gillett, 1987, p. 280). Hospital gangrene was much more common than Gas Gangrene during the Civil War because it spread through direct contact (Gillett, 1987, p. 280). Gas gangrene was relatively uncommon during the Civil War, but became much more common in later wars such as World War I and World War II. In World War I, gas gangrene was the…

1. High Pressure Processing 1.1 Introduction The use of high hydrostatic pressure to preserve foods is the first truly new method of preserving foods since Nicolas Appert developed the use of heat to preserve foods in sealed glass bottles over 200 years ago. High pressure does not depend on heat, chemicals, reduced water activity, or reduced temperatures to control pathogens or spoilage microorganisms. Pressures in the range of 200-600 MPa have been found to unfold proteins so that they lose…

movement of client outside the room to essential purposes. ◊ Place a surgical mask on the client during transport. CONTACT PRECAUTIONS These are used for organisms that are spread by skin-to-skin contact, such as antibiotic-resistant organisms or clostridium defficile. Contact precautions include the following: - Place client in private room - If a private room is not available, place client with another client who is infected with the same…

months at Auschwitz, Mengele took part in the selection of gassed jews he deemed weak or disrespectful.But what lead to his infamy were his notorious experiments performed upon 1,500 sets of twins in Auschwitz alone.His experiments were driven by his fascination to genes but had no scientific basis. Twins often picked for his experiments were tested not only physically but mentally, many twins recall having blood drawn nearly every day in very large quantities"Most of the time, they would take…

Table 2. Results for the antimicrobial susceptibility tests using the BSAC method Organism Microbial Resistance (mm) CFX CXM CTX CPM Control 310217 704476/2 706498 310258 CFX = Cefalexin. CXM = Cefuroxime. CTX = Cefotaxime. CPM = Cefepime. R = Resistant. S = Sensitive. Table 2 highlights resistance/sensitive of the dissimilar microorganisms to the different sorts of antibiotics. Data of table 2 demonstrates that E.coli strains produced sort of difference in resistance.…

A new and intriguing discovery has let us to change on how we see poop. Despite the stench of the feces, Dr. Thomas Louie of the University of Calgary has made up a way to use stool bugs as a pill to cure a fatal gut disease known as Clostridium difficile or C-diff. Half a million Americans get infected with this disease and about 14,000 die each year. You can get this by touching surfaces contaminated with feces, then touch your mouth. Symptoms include nausea, cramps, and diarrhea. These…

The one that stood out the most was botox, the drug that is injected into you is known as clostridium botulinum. It causes a life-threatening form of food poison that is known as botulism. When injected into your body, it blocks certain chemical signals from your nerves which causes temporary paralysis in your muscles. More medicines that could…

methanogenic conversion oforganic material, namelyhydrogen and acetate. Both the acidogenesis andacetogenesis produce the methanogenic substrates, acetate, H2and CO2 (Chynoweth and Isaacson, 1987). n(C6H12O6) →n(CH3COOH) ……………..Acetogensis process Clostridiums, and Syntrobacter are examples of genera in which there are numerous organisms that can perform acetogenesis in syntrophy with an organism that uses hydrogen gas (McInerney et al. 2008). 3.1.4 Methane formation…

data available on snakebite generated wound infection, a wide range of microorganism suggested including predominant aerobes viz. coagulase negative Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus, Enterobacteriaceae family species and anaerobes including Clostridium species. In light of the defined organisms, many authors had driven the work to find out the actual micro biota of snakes in many parts of the world. In view of the severity of the snakebite, several hypotheses explained for the infectious…

it should. Botox treatments were first approved in 1990. They are given by way of injection to smooth out the wrinkles of the forehead, neck and face which may appear as you age. Botox is made up of a protein substance produced by the bacterium Clostridium Botulinum, the same toxin that causes a life-threatening type of food poisoning called botulism. It is injected in targeted areas…