Penicillin

disease is a staph infection that is resistant to the penicillin family of antibiotics. Mercer is another name for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus; or MRSA for short. The infection begins either in the skin or a mucus membrane. The longer it goes untreated the deeper the infection burrows. MRSA can even get into the blood and spread the infection to the entire body. MRSA is a man influenced bacteria. It gained the resistance to the penicillin family because of improper use of…

Bacteria are a fundamental part of life on our planet, but they can also cause disease in our species. People have been using antibiotics for many years, but for the first time they are causing problems. Several years ago, it was discovered that some antibiotics has created strains of bacteria that are resistant to that antibiotic. One example of this is MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. This means that sick patients must find a different antibiotic or have no way to cure the…

Antibiotics is a great invention in the 1900s. However, they can have some pretty bad side effects and should only be used as a last resort not for a common cold or a flu. *These side effects include, but aren’t limited to: Bad rash Bad sore throat Respiratory difficulties Nausea and vomiting Diarrhea Stomach pain Swelling of joints Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (a rare skin disorder most associated with sulfonamides such as bactrum) Retinal detachment Compromised kidney function (associated with…

are associated with a high mortality rate, thus effective treatment and prevention are essential. Antimicrobial therapy Successful treatment of listeriosis with ampicillin or penicillin as a monotherapy has been reported in the medical literature. Nevertheless, since in vitro tolerance or even resistance to penicillin alone has been described, and there are a plethora of studies showing in vitro synergy…

The Emergence of the Antibiotic Age The origination of the first antibiotic, known as penicillin, was initially discovered accidentally by a sagacious, submissive bacteriologist who is now known primarily for this monumental breakthrough; his name is Alexander Fleming. Before this discovery was made, the risks of obtaining bacterial infections were substantially immense and unpreventable. Every doctor was helpless since there was ultimately nothing that they could do to prevent the infection…

accident in his lab. Mold had developed accidently set on a couple of culture dishes being used to grow staphylococci germ. Fleming noticed that the mold had created a bacteria free circle around itself. Fleming’s discoveries that would be later called penicillin won him a Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 along with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain. Fleming was elected professor of bacteriology at the University of London in 1948, elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1943 and Knighted in 1944. Fleming…

bacterium was discovered in 1961 by a few British Scientists. The infection at first, was not very harmful since it was easily treated, but as time has passed, the bacterium has become resistant to many antibiotics such as methicillin, amoxicillin, penicillin, oxacillin, and many more. The tough aspect of curing this infection, is that it keeps on adapting, so it becomes resistant to different antibiotics frequently. MRSA is spread by contact, so by touching another person or object who has…

the course of modern medicine” in a monthly column for the PBC NewsHour. In September of 1928, a bacteriologist, Alexander Fleming, returned to what appeared to be a messy lab but actually included one great, accidental finding. Fleming discovered penicillin when he returned from a vacation back to his laboratory in London. He found mold growing on petri-dishes that had been exposed to Staphylococcus aureus with no evidence of S. aureus colony growths. Upon further examination, Fleming found…

some antibiotics’ effectiveness began to decline. The relationship between MRSA bacteria and penicillin is one of many cases that demonstrate this. Within a decade of being used against MRSA, penicillin-resistant S. aureus strains became common in hospitals (Mayo Clinic). Because bacteria reproduce…

Medicine has been around since the 20th century and is still in use today. Antibiotics are a type of medicine that helps stop infections caused by bacteria. The first Antibiotic (Penicillin) was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928. Since the discovery of Penicillin many other antibiotics have been discovered. The development of antibiotics was an important innovation because it cured infections, treated patients during World War I with infections and burns that led to the development of…