Penicillin

Sofosbuvir is a drug or antiviral molecule used to treat hepatitis C. It is an antiviral drug which is developing as it has low side effects, high barrier to resistance, a high potency and oral administration. It has a great benefit in the treatment of Hepatitis C patients. It is a small molecule which has a strong therapeutic potential and its specificity and activity have been enhanced. In Hepatitis C virus, Sofosbuvir is a highly potent inhibitor of the NS5B polymerase. Bräu (2005) has argued…

INTRODUCTION Staphylococcus aureus is a type of bacteria commonly found on the skin and hair as well as in the noses and throats of people and animals. These bacteria are present in up to 25% of healthy people and are even more common among those with skin, eye, nose, or throat infections. Staphylococcus aureus can cause food poisoning when a food handler contaminates food and then the food is not properly refrigerated. Other sources of food contamination include the equipment and surfaces on…

In the 1940s, antibiotics were widely introduced as a cure for common types of diseases. However, some microbes were able to resist the impacts of these drugs, in other words, the pathogen remained alive. In order to help resolve the crisis, antibiotics were found through screenings of soil microorganisms. However, soil microorganism’s antibiotics were depleted by the 1960s and their antibiotic effects were unable to be replicated through synthesis. In this experiment, the researchers developed…

Revolution against the basic evolutionary developmental biology arises with the astounding repair capacity of the planarian robust self assembly system and its automatic repair ability of its body structures. With its complex body plan and nervous system, a planaria possess the ability to flawlessly regenerate any part of their body after a traumatic injury or loss. It is capable of recovering its original structure and function of any damaged or obliterated body part even after being deprived…

Aortic graft infection is rare and carries a poor prognosis. The conventional managements for prosthetic graft infection are surgical debridement, removal of the infected graft, and reconstruction with the new graft prosthesis. However, these approaches are not feasible for some patients with anatomical difficulty of excision or severe comorbid medical illnesses. We report a case of aortic prosthetic graft infection treated successfully with long term antibiotics without surgical intervention. A…

When patients present to the clinic with infections it is important to treat them appropriately. However, when a 65 year old female with GERD, osteoporosis, dyslipidemia, and hypothyroidism comes to the clinic with an infection it becomes more difficult to treat the infection. The medication the patient may be on could interfere with the absorption of the antibiotic. By understanding each medication and how it works the clinician can work with the patient to create a schedule of medicine…

Serratia genre includes Gram negative rod- shape bacteria, aerobe facultative anaerobe and chemo-oganotrophic with low nutrional requirements. According to Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Serratia genre belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family and includes 12 species 1,2. They are widespread in the natural environment, being isolated from soil, water and different plants (vegetables, mushrooms, grasses, mosses, trees)1,2,3. Serratia marcescens grows at 37°C, but it can grow in…

A new and intriguing discovery has let us to change on how we see poop. Despite the stench of the feces, Dr. Thomas Louie of the University of Calgary has made up a way to use stool bugs as a pill to cure a fatal gut disease known as Clostridium difficile or C-diff. Half a million Americans get infected with this disease and about 14,000 die each year. You can get this by touching surfaces contaminated with feces, then touch your mouth. Symptoms include nausea, cramps, and diarrhea. These…

The antibiotic I’ve chosen to write about is Levofloxacin or more commonly known as Levaquin. Levaquin can also be named Quixin or Lquix. Levofloxin is a flucroquinolone which resides in the broad spectrum realm of antibiotics. Levofloxacin is used to treat many bacterial infection varying from the skin, sinuses, kidneys, bladder, and even the prostate. Levofloxacin can also be prescribed to individuals that have been subject to anthrax and or the plaque. More specifically and more commonly…

Comparing with the normal treatment like pain-killers, herbal medicine surprisingly has a more significant effect on patients with CPPS. In accordance with its features, CPPS, which is known as chronic pelvic pain syndrome, is a disease that is given when patients complain of severe pain or discomfort in the pelvic area with no infection can be found in prostate fluid and semen. Of course, there is also no pathological change on the prostate gland. In the view of modern western medicine, CPPS…