Erythromycin

The petri dishes that contained erythromycin had the smallest inhibition zone measured, with an average of 33.7 mm. The primary purpose of the project was to accurately determine historical changes in antibiotic drug resistance. Based on the results of the experiment, it was concluded that…

Introduction Cat scratch disease is an infection caused by the bacterium Bartonella henselae. As the name of the disease implies, it is associated with a scratch from an infected cat but is also transmitted through a cat bite and, in some instances, cat fleas (Forbes, 2007). The formation of a papule at the site of the bite or scratch is the initial symptom followed by lymphadenopathy. One of the most common causes of chronic lymphadenopathy in children and adolescents is cat scratch disease…

Sickle Cell Disorder [ICD-10 D57] Sickle Cell Disorder (SCD) may be one cause to this child’s previously listed symptoms. SCD is an inherited disease in which an abnormal hemoglobin S [HbS] leads to chronic hemolytic anemia, pain, and organ failure (Grossman & Porth, 2014). SCD is transmitted by a recessive gene and can manifest as a sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease. The sickle cell trait may manifest as a heterozygote with one HbS gene [HbS], and SCD may manifest as a homozygote with…

My study case is related to a bronchiectasis patient from Fairfax Inova Hospital. Bronchiectasis is an abnormal and permanent dilation of airways in which the bronchial walls become inflamed, the mucociliary elevator is impaired, and the mucus accumulates leading to increased susceptibility to infection. It can be classified according to morphological forms such as cylindrical bronchiectasis form where the bronchi are enlarged and cylindrical (least severe), varicose bronchiectasis form where…

Clostridium difficile (hereafter C. Difficile) is a bacteria that contributes to many diseases, the spectrum of disease can range from mild cases of diarrhea to more life threatening cases like pseudomembranous colitis to toxic megacolon (Kelly 2008). Since the 1970s the use of certain antibiotics such as clindamycin to treat other infectious diseases was shown to lead to more toxic strains of C. difficile. Starting in the 1980s, cephalosporins, were the new drug of preference to treat other…

Part 1: adverse reactions 1.1 Introduction (QT prolongation) The toxicity of antipsychotic drugs is considered a good example of specific gender differences in Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) in a dose-dependent manner [1]. This adverse effect is induced cardiac arrhythmia known as torsade de pointes (TdP) (delay of cardiac repolarization), are associated with the following drugs such as; chlorpromazine, mesoridazine, pimozide and thioridazone, which increase the risk of QT prolongation. It…

• Sensorineural is related to how the nervous system transmits that sound to the brain. Conductive The outer ear gathers sound waves from the environment and funnels them into the ear canal. At the end of the canal, the waves hit the eardrum, causing it to vibrate. Three tiny bones in the middle ear conduct the vibrations from the eardrum to the cochlea (a spiral-shaped chamber that looks a bit like a snail) in the inner ear. If anything interferes with the transfer of sound waves up to this…

Materials and Methods Overview The whole study consists of four phases. To start with, the suitable media need to be identified for the growth of Av. paragallinarum. Secondly, the media used in disc diffusion and broth dilution testing need to be validated. This validation process is completed by performing disc diffusion and broth dilution testing of quality control strain on candidate agar or broth. Then, the antimicrobial sensitivity of Av. paragallinarum can be tested on validated media, by…

epithelial cells penicillin can no longer effective in killing the microbe (Khan, 2014). Along with antibiotic treatment, surgery might be required. Procedures such as lumbar puncture, surgical drainage, and fasciotomy are included (Khan, 2014). Erythromycin is use to treat S. pyogenes, but over the last 30 years it has shown resistance around the world (Stevens, n.d.). Fortunately, there are another option called retapamulin. It derives from pleuromutilin which inhibits protein synthesis in…

In knowledge-based errors, a lack of knowledge is demonstrated such as giving penicillin without determining whether or not the patient is allergic. Another example is being unaware of the interaction between certain drugs such as warfarin and erythromycin which leads to warfarin toxicity. The lack of communication between providers and patient can also play a key role in this type of error. In ruled-based errors, individuals use bad rules or misapply a good rule such as injecting Diclofenac…