Penicillin

from their surroundings. They are labeled as decomposers because they break down their food and return the nutrients to the soil. Fungus similar to plants have properties that can be developed into medicine. The most popular medicine from fungus is penicillin, which is an antibiotic. The fungus reproduces by releasing pores in a process known as sporulation. Zygosporangium,…

Christopher Columbus’s sailors. Syphilis was discovered by Fritz Schaudinn and Erich Hoffmann in 1905. Syphilis is also called “lues,” which means the “plague” in Latin. It used to be treated with dangerous drugs and remedies until after World War II when penicillin began to be used for treatment. If syphilis is not treated, it can cause death or serious health problems. There are almost fifty million new cases of syphilis each year worldwide. The number of cases occurring each year in the…

microorganism is increasing due to improper use of antibiotics. Microbial resistance is one of the major issues of the health worldwide (3). Using of antimicrobials and the emergence of resistant microorganisms had to get attention since the introduction of penicillin. Bacterial resistance has a negative impact on treatment fate, increasing death rates and hospitalization…

CONQUERING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE 1 Conquering Antibiotic Resistance: What is MRSA and the Recent Findings in Circumventing MRSA Mary Hernandez University of Texas Rio Grande Valley CONQUERING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE 2 The genus Staphylococcus is a common inhabitant of the skin and mucous membranes. Staphylococci are…

like tuberculosis caused by bacteria. They could be well, walk again and be with their families. What a truly joyous day for everyone on September 3rd 1928 when Professor Alexander Fleming stumbled upon the drug he called penicillin on accident in his laboratory. This drug penicillin could actually kill or control the growth of bacteria, it was truly a miracle. In 1942, Selman Waksman used the term "antibiotics" to describe this drug and that is what we have called it to present day. Now let’s…

come from deadly infections or other bacteria related incidents. Over the years, there have been many medical technological advances, but one of the most famous was penicillin, “The Wonder Drug”. The drug, that was never suppose to exist and was almost disposed of, has revolutionized the way we treat infections. The effects of penicillin have been…

connective tissues like brain, heart and joints. The disease seems to be linked to scarlet fever which is also involved in sore throat infection. Rheumatic fever and scarlet fever can be treated with penicillin injection to kill the bacteria while Azithromycin can be given for those who are allergic to penicillin. Scientists have been trying many trials to stop the bacterial infection in the regions which have the highest rates of the disease. Amongst them; the professor, Michael Good who…

The ways in which bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics and how this contributes to the global healthcare concern of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Antimicrobial resistance is a prevailing issue since the discovery of the first antibiotic Penicillin in 1928. There are 5 mechanisms which allow resistance to impede new antibiotic development for the last 29 years (WHO, 2016) consisting of mutations in target genes, enzymatic resistance, latency, antibiotic efflux and non-specific…

They are said to be penicillin antifungals as they somehow have a similar mechanism of action against bacteria. Beta glycans are polymers of carbohydrates that can be cross linked with other cell walls of the fungi. Micafungin, anidulafungin and caspofungin are some examples…

interferes with the cross-linking reaction of the staphylococcus wall and the host’s surface. However, the main mechanism of methicillin resistance in S. Aureus is from the expression of a foreign penicillin binding proteins by its wall that takes over the cross-linking reactions of the host’s penicillin binding proteins thus resist the action of methicillin medicines. Furthermore, according to McKenzie, Pinger, & Kotecki (2005), the chain of MRSA infections is the secret and most effective way…