Penicillin

The rise of the superbugs Imagine being in hospital sick with a bacterial infection, with doctors not being able to do anything to stop the infection from spreading. This is a superbug scenario. Superbugs are a worldwide worry that people don’t know much about. “At Least 23,000 people in the U.S. each year. Each year, more than two million people in the United States develop some sort of superbug and at least 23,000 of them die as a result.” (Maron). According to Professor Matt Cooper,…

who have impetigo or scabies, excoriate the infected area and cause the wounds to increases in size, which allows the fungus the multiply even more. One can treat this epidemic by antibiotics, medicated creams and ointments and, for serious cases, penicillin or antibiotic pills are suggested, nevertheless, that person should see a doctor if the infection is…

For more than 70 years, antibiotics have been used to treat bacterial infections of the body. The first appearance of this life changing medicine, was in the 1940’s on the battlefield. This medicine was named penicillin, the drug saved many from the brink of death, by fighting bacterial diseases; from then on antibiotics changed the face of medicine. Infection was no longer an impregnable wall that had to be broken down before the real treatment could begin, infections could be treated on site,…

The antibacterial consequence possesses a mechanism of action comparable to penicillins i.e. inhibition of transpeptidation course resulting in the arrangement of inadequate cell wall; osmotic impel from the outside isotonic environment of the host cell to the inside of the hypertonic bacterial cytoplasm and finally activation of the…

NAME UKAH R.C MATRIC NUMBER NSC/2014/887 COURSE CODE PCL 304 ASSIGNMENT : QUESTION NUMBER 1: LIST THE PRINCIPLES OF CHEMOTHERAPEAUTIC RESISTANCE Introduction: PRINCIPLE : Principle is an essential factors or elements that may have impact on the survival mechanism, which may either be from environment or the person taking the drugs or factor participating may engineer drug resistance. RESISTANCE: It is reduction in…

If antibiotic resistant infections were reduced “by just 20 percent, [the population] would save 3.2 to 5.2 billion dollars... each year.” (Medical) The seriousness of antibiotic resistance is becoming increasingly evident and is gaining global attention to the point of being recognized on epidemic levels. Antibiotics were made to aid the body’s immune system and fight off bacteria, however studies are being conducted proving that antibiotics may be harmful and not always necessary; therefore,…

remembered for conducting the first clinical trials with penicillin. Florey was born on the 24th of September 1898 in Malvern, Adelaide. He began his study at the University of Adelaide and sailed to the University of Oxford, England in 1921 as a Rhodes Scholar…

The 5 modes of action for antimicrobial drugs can affect the cell wall. It affects the peptidoglycan layer on the cell wall. It does this by breaking the peptidoglycan chains apart. An example of a drug is penicillin, methicillin and ampicillin. The second thing they can do is affect the plasma membrane. They do this by breaking up the lipids o the plasma membrane. Some drugs that do this are polymyxin, bacitracin. Most are antibacterial and anti-fungal drugs. The third thing they can do I s…

Alexander Fleming was an important scientist because he discovered antibiotics. Before this discovery Greeks and Indians used plants to treat infections. Russians used heated soil to heal infected wounds. Sumerian doctors provided beer soup mixed with turtle shells and snake skins for their patients. All the crazy ideas never compared to the discovery of antibiotics or antibacterial. Antibiotics are medicine that destroys microorganisms. They are many different types of antibiotics, some treat…

To combat foreign agents that can harm his immune system, he has to take the antibiotic, Penicillin, twice a day to assist with his immune responses. One of the problems with taking Penicillin is its susceptibility to become antibiotic resistant against some pathogens. Because it can easily be resistant to bacteria, less doctors are turning to the medicine to treat disease. Potentially in the future, Penicillin will not be able to help with fighting antigens inside of patients with…