Infection

proliferate in the body and when regulators are disturbed yeast multiplies. Growth is kept under control by friendly lacto bacteria in our gut and a healthy immune system, where imbalance occurs a yeast infection can arise. A yeast infection has many faces; candidosis, thrush and monilia, the infection can result in various…

of microorganism infection predates written accounts. Evidence of ancient prophylactic measures such as applying mold and soil to wounds attests to the age–old challenge of combatting illnesses caused by microbes. The modern era of medicine began with advents in the treatment of widespread ailments, most notably the discovery of penicillin by Sir Alexander Fleming in 1928 (“History of Antibiotics,” 2010). With the first effective compound against bacterial proliferation, infections such as…

Nosocomial infections, or infections acquired from a healthcare setting, should always be on the mind of surgical technologists. Recently, nosocomial infection rates have risen, and a surgical technologist must be very diligent in maintaining the sterile technique in order to combat this. A common type of nosocomial infection is surgical site infections, or SSIs. SSIs result from a variety of sources, both endogenous (such as bacteria living on the patient’s skin) and exogenous (outside the…

Rosacea Infection on Our Skin The human microbiome is the cumulative genomes of all the different types of microbes ranging from bacteria, fungi, and viruses that live in and outside of the human body. We have many mutualistic, commensal, and even detrimental microbes living in our bodies. There are commensal microbes that sometimes are also responsible for the infection due to the microbe containing a pathogenic strain. In our laboratory, there appears to be 40 patients that are experiencing a…

demographic characteristics are associated with repeat gonorrhea infection, such as younger age (< 25 years), African-American race, junior enlisted rank, and one year of military service. The literature indicates that individuals under 25 years of age are at higher risk of acquiring gonorrhea, and therefore, it is argumented that they are more likely to become reinfected with gonorrhea, as well as with other contagious infections such as chlamydia. This argument is supported by the results…

In the summer of 2008 Canadian healthcare professionals noticed an irregularly high incidence of listeriosis cases (“Listeriosis outbreak timeline”, 2009), the disease associated with infection by Listeria. This concern was disregarded until people in a nursing home fell ill and sandwich meat from the same place tested positive for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes (“Listeriosis outbreak timeline”, 2009). On August 12, 2008, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency launched an investigation of…

newborns under 29 days old into a health facility for medical care. Because neonates are fragile and yet to develop competent immune system, they are prone to infections and most of the illnesses they acquire usually require critical care, hence their admission to the neonatal and intensive care units (NICU) (Gupta et al., 1993). Neonatal infections may begin in-utero, early in labour or postpartum (U.N IGME, 2014). Factors influencing neonatal admissions include socio-cultural effects and…

cats have a huge chance of developing pyometra, uterine cancer, and mammary cancer. Pyometra is a fatal uterine infection that occurs when hormones cause the uterine lining to thicken and form cysts creating an ideal breeding ground for bacteria that ascend from the vagina, and result in a life threatening infection. Cats and dogs can get one of two different types of pyometra infection. The first is an open pyometra, which is the cervix stays open and pus will drain from the uterus through…

rapid and reliable laboratory test results will help reducing cases of treatment failure. Antibiotics such as Tetracyclin with 18-82% resistance, Trimethoprim with 16-65% resistance are broad spectrum antibiotics and may be used for treating MRSA infections. But drugs such as Vancomycin with 0-5% resistance, Linezolid with 0-1% resistance, Tigecyclin and Daptomycin with 0% resistance are the preferred drugs of choice…

bacteria that is famous for causing infections. It can infect the bloodstream, lungs, heart, and bones. These infections can be life-threatening if not properly treated. An MRSA infection is generally “hospital-acquired”. Of course, some patients have a higher risk of infection than others. Someone with an invasive medical device like an IV line or a catheter could contract MRSA. Patients who stayed in the hospital or a nursing home also carry this risk (“MRSA infection”, 2015). Studies…