Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Lungs The lungs are important part of our bodies. These lungs represent organs that filled with air. They locate in each side of the chest. A thin tissue layer covers the lungs; this tissue is called the pleura. The importance of lungs is to inhale the air and exhale it (1). In order to protect our lungs, we have to learn how our lungs work. First of all, we breathe the air by the nose or the mouth, then drawn down through the throat into the windpipe (trachea). Tracheasplits out into two tubes…

shown these fears are mostly unfounded with most negative reactions being caused by individuals simply not being able to handle the pathogen. In addition, human error has also contributed to these fears, such as the 1929 tragedy where a Mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccine accidentally was switched with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine, causing 72 infant deaths (Cona, 2011). Despite these risks, getting the recommended vaccinations is important for protection against preventable diseases, communal…

Case study Amber W. Hendrix MMTC Author Note Case Study for RT 242 Respiratory Therapy Clinical II Peritoneal Tuberculosis I never got to speak directly to my case study. She was intubated when I first became aware of her case and she failed all attempts at weaning from the vent before she died. There was regrettably also a language barrier with the majority of her family as they spoke Haitian Creole which has roots in Portuguese, Spanish, Taino, and West African languages, which left me limited…

pulmonary histoplasmosis Progressive multifocalleukoencephalopathy (PML) HIV-related encephalopathy Chronic intestinal cryptosporidiosis (>1 month in duration) Chronic intestinal isosporiasis, (>1 month in duration) Pulmonary or extrapulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis Recurrent (nontyphoid) Salmonella septicemia HIV wasting syndrome (involuntary…

globe. Since possums are the main carriers of the Bovine Tuberculosis disease, they can pass it on to other animals if they come in contact; this is a serious threat to our cattle and deer and many other native animals. The use of the 1080 poison can reduce the possum numbers, which decreases the chances of contact between them and our valuable animals (cattle, deer), therefore decreasing the chances of the possums spreading the Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) disease. This ultimately leads to a higher…

This paper will discuss two different issues disinfectants and antimicrobial agent susceptibility testing/resistance. To better understand disinfectants we will further explore topics such as: the meaning of bactericidal, bacteriostatic, virucidal, and fungistatic; the importance of using a control culture when evaluating disinfectants; factors that can impact the activity of disinfectants; microorganism having different responses to disinfectants; and identifying the microorganism susceptible…

partuberculosis is still very much prevalent in dairy cattle worldwide, and in order for an infectious agent to survive in a group an R0 equal to or greater than one is required. A study done by R. W. Sweeney, R. H. Whitlock and A. E. Rosenberger titled “Mycobacterium paratuberculosis cultured from milk and supramammary lymph nodes of infected asymptomatic cows” published in the Journal of Microbiology supports my conclusion. 4. There are many reported numbers on the duration of shedding of M.…

pneumoniae, Salmonellae, shigallae, Haemophilus influenza, Pasteuerella, Neisseria meningitides, Vibro cholera, Bordetella pertussis, Bacillus anthracis, Corynebacterium diptheriae, Streptococcus faecalis, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Borrelia and Leptospira interrogans (L. icterohemorrhagicae). Despite having the combination of bacitracin with neomycin provide a broad-spectrum effect, they do not cover Nocardia, Pseudomonas, fungi and viruses. Overall,…

The aims of this experiment were to investigate the effect of milk solid content and the varying temperatures of heat pretreatment on yoghurt quality to determine the difference in pH and titratable acidity of fermented milk. In order to carry out this experiment and gain accurate results three variations were tested: yoghurt produced with whole milk pasteurised at 72 °C for 15 seconds, 85 °C for 15 minutes and then whole milk with added 5 % milk solids also heated at 85 °C for 15 minutes, after…

Advantages of MRI: By choosing the appropriate pulse sequence and pulse sequence parameters, MRI has the ability of producing images by different contrast mechanisms giving it tremendous flexibility. Disadvantages of MRI: INFLAMMATORY PROCESS OF THE LUMBAR SPINE Spondylodiscitis: Introduction: Spondylodiscitis is a rare primary infection of the intervertebral disc with secondary infections of the vertebrae. It can lead to osteomyelitis of the spinal column. Predisposing factors include age,…