Infection

The top CDC recommendation for preventing MRSA infections include: strict hand hygiene guidelines, contact precautions including isolation and the use of personal protective equipment such as gloves and gowns, to recognize patients previously infected or colonized with MRSA, to report MRSA testing immediately, to educate healthcare personnel on MRSA infections, facility participation in active surveillance testing , patient decolonization and chlorohexidine…

had it. Rhinovirus is a very deadly cold that makes 75 percent of those infected become ill. Rhinovirus harms the cells of the respiratory system making people have trouble breathing. A malfunction with rhinovirus is that it can cause many other infections. The rhinovirus starts wreaking havoc in just 10-15 minutes! The Respiratory system is one of the most important systems in the human body. The Respiratory system moves oxygen from outside the environment in the body. It also releases carbon…

air by coughing and sneezing. In addition, if the person is in infected environment, he will have a high probability of infection. Therefore, it is important to prevent the person from catching the measles virus. In order to prevent humans from getting measles, they should follow three steps: take the proper precautions for protection, distinguish measles' stages of infection, and seek medical care (1). When the infected person is coughing there is a chance of transmit the virus to another…

This mosquito carries the virus without being affected and transmits it while feeding. About 80% of people infected with Zika virus have no symptoms. The events that take place after infection are generally mild and evolve for about 2-5 days. A rash appears later on and it is sometimes accompanied by fever and headaches or retro-orbital pain. Other symptoms include joint or muscle pain and hyperemia conjunctival in which the sclera of…

Although Varicella zoster virus has long been considered a rather harmless virus, it is observed that people with relatively weak immune systems could die from a varicella infection (Gershon 728). Varicella zoster virus infections develop into varicella in children and herpes zoster in elderly adults. Within a person’s lifetime, childhood is commonly the time period in which individuals are exposed to the virus (De Paschale 97). The virus is transmitted…

numerous infections such as cerebral abscess, pneumonia, meningitis, septicemia, some certain UTI infections. In addition, they have been noted in intravascular device-related infections, and surgical site infections. Many variants can cause extra intestinal infections. They are commonly found in…

not sterilized (CDC, 2009). Therefore, it is considered to be highly contagious as it damages cells that line the small intestine and cause gastroenteritis especially in infants and young children (PATH, 2009). The sign and symptoms of rotavirus infection in infants and young children begin…

society in London about his findings of a new parasite. The earliest case known of this infection belongs to an Egyptian named Makht. But no one knew about his infection until the time they examined a muscle of his mummified body and noticed it was containing a cyst in 1974. However, the infection had been seen numerous times before the observation made by Paget, it was just unknown.…

Hepatitis is the inflammation of liver that can be caused by viruses, bacterial infections, or continuous exposure to alcohol, drugs, or toxic chemicals. There are five types of hepatitis A, which is transmitted through contaminated water, B, the main mode of spread is intimate contact and from mother to the new born, C, is a viral disease commonly occurring after transfusion or IV drug abuse, D, which with or as a super infection with B, and E,transmitted oral fecal route usually by…

contact with someone who has been confirmed to be positive with the H1N1 infection. Another guideline for the swine flu is acute fever with airway infection within 7 days and has travel to a community within or outside the country where H1N1 cases has been confirm to be present. The last guideline for swine flu is an individual presenting and acute fever with airway infection living in a community where H1N1 influenza A infection case is confirmed. In addition to the CDC guideline, a…