Opportunistic infection

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease, caused by the bacteria genus Leptospira, that can cause a variety of symptoms and which, untreated, may lead to meningitis, kidney damage, or even death (“Leptospirosis”). Leptospires, bacteria of the genus Leptospira, appear as tightly coiled spirals and achieve optimal growth at 28-30°C, thriving in warm and humid regions. However, because most tropical, humid countries are also developing counties, chances of exposure are greater in those areas (Levett).…

Frederick Griffith experiment: In the early 1920’s, a young British army medical officer Frederick Griffith began studying Streptococcus pneumonia. Pneumonia, a lung infection caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumonia is a serious case of death at that time. Frederick Griffith was studying the possibility of creating a vaccine. During Griffith’s experiment, his experiments suggesting that bacteria are capable of transferring genetic information through a process of transformation. He…

The downtime takes about a week. Apart from having swollen red cheeks and red pimple marks that seemed to have bled, I did not find any other risks involved except infection as they were open wounds. So the doctor gave me a topical antibiotic. I reported to work the next day with a face mask. It just looked like I was punched in the face but it was nothing serious to not be able to deal with. Using a face mask saved…

Legionnaires’ Disease. For example the severely ill patients need to take rifampicin with erythromycin etc. Complications Respiratory failure is the lung infection has influenced the lungs no longer able to offer the body with enough oxygen or cannot eliminate enough carbon dioxide. Septic shock is that reducing the blood flow suddenly when a serious infection leads to organ failure and very low blood pressure. The heart attempts to reimburse by raising the volume of blood pumped. Acute kidney…

biopsy to try and find the cause of the infected organism. 2. What is the importance of a Histopathological Examination? The Importance of a Histopathological examination is to try and find a faster way to examine infections and diseases. So it can help figurize the disease/ infection you have. 3. What are the setbacks of Microbiologist trying to identify organisms? The setbacks of Microbiologist trying to identify organisms are trying to identify…

After viewing every episode of the Rx for survival (2005), series, I would usually commence my paper by brainstorming and responding to the questions asked (if one were given). A paramount aspect of every assignment was to create an outline and addressing what I believed to be the critical issues in that particular episode. For example, in The Rise of the Super Bug, I primarily wanted to discuss the reason MDR-TB was on the rise in developing countries and how the behavior and beliefs of a…

Great pandemics and epidemics have occurred all throughout our world’s history. They have destroyed civilizations, devastated families, and took away innocent people’s lives. A pandemic refers to a spread of a highly infectious disease usually worldwide, while on the other hand; epidemics are much more contained and can permanently damage a city. Two of the most well known, and most deadly viruses that are around today are the Influenza and Ebola viruses. Both of these viruses have proven…

a six year period that was filled with pain and suffering. Throughout the war, there are believed to have been greater than 25,000 deaths with that same number of injured (Schultz, 2013). The wartime also introduced disease as well as terrible infections from battle wounds of the war. Many of the deaths to disease came from a major small pox epidemic. Even though the amount of suffering was great, there were a number of groups that had great success from The Revolutionary…

Washing hands, covering coughs, and getting vaccinations are the typical prevents for not getting sick. However, what if the virus it so unknown that there aren’t vaccinations to prevent it? Then what does an individual do to prevent this new virus from infecting them? This is called an influenza pandemic. According to the CDC, an influenza pandemic is a new virus that is different from any influenza seen and effects the entire globe. Additionally, due to its constant changing it is very easy…

25 HAV & HEV are similar in many ways, the mode of transmission, the clinical manifestation. But still it differs in its age epidemiology, this could be due to the fact that HAV after infection gives a sustained protection against reinfection, thus prevalence in adults & older children is less, while HEV infection in childhood may be asymptomatic or cause anicteric hepatitis which may go unnoticed and the antibodies to HEV may disappear early, making older children & adults susceptible to…