Staphylococcus aureus

How Provision of Oral Health Care Affects the Risk of Respiratory Infections in Institutionalized Elderly Persons Requiring Full-time Care Introduction Due to aging, many elderly adults suffer a deterioration in physical capacity and mental acuity, rendering them unable to care for themselves in general and their oral health in particular. Researches show that respiratory pathogens reside in dental plaque (Russell, Boylan, Kaslick, Scannapieco, & Katz, 1999; Scannapieco, Stewart, & Mylotte,…

Antibiotics have become such a commonly used medicine; some may consider it as regularly used as Tylenol. This thought does not seem that outrageous, but the overuse of antibiotics is quite an epidemic. Antibiotic use is even more of a worry because of the fact that people ignore the need to act on the problem of over-prescribing antibiotics to patients. Some people believe the over-prescription of antibiotics by doctors is not a detriment to society and their immune systems, but rather a…

Materials and method Microorganisms are classified in to the three domains of life. The organism that is predominately found in our environment is bacteria closely followed by archaea and eukaryote. Although, microorganism might seem similar, they are different interims of their structures, biochemical composition, and the habitat they adopt. Conducting an extensive test on microorganism has many benefits. We can protect our self’s from different types of infectious disease. In the unknown…

Karamjit Singh Antibiotics report-back task 1. The 5 ways by which an antibiotic may disrupt or destroy a bacterial cell are : • The bacterial cell wall • The bacterial plasma membrane • Synthesis of bacterial proteins • Bacterial nucleic acids • Bacterial metabolism 2)Bacteria cell wall synthesis: While the cells of people and creatures don 't have cell walls, this structure is basic for the life and survival of bacterial species. A drug that…

Analise Tenney Problem Set #1 PHP 405- Dr. Caffrey October 14, 2015 Chapter 15- All in Good Haste In 1993, news spread among the entire Navajo Nation of three strong young members of the community who unexpectedly died after suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS. Upon discovery that these deaths were interrelated through family, the state’s medical examiner alerted the forensic pathologist of the possibility of a communicable disease problem. The New Mexico Department of…

While in Earth Clinic, oregano is a good medicine to cure asthma. Asthma is a respiratory condition caused by difficulty in breathing that’s why it results in an allergic reaction. It usually occurs when the airways swell and produce excess mucus. And because of it it can cause asthma attack which can bring you in distress that’s why the anti inflammatory power of oregano can eliminate the causes of asthma and prevent the danger of the respiratory system. According results…

needed to be discovered. The man who did that was Dr. Alexander Fleming, a bacteriologist at St. Mary’s hospital. He had returned to his lab to find that his improperly cleaned lab station had the mold Penicillium notatum, and the growth of staphylococcus aureus was inhibited on his plates. He took a few weeks to grow enough mold to test his findings, and discovered Penicillium notatum did in fact inhibit the growth of some bacteria. However, he did not…

antibiotics helps to develop immunity against them. These resistant bacteria have developed and adapted far enough that antibiotics can no longer be used effectively. It has been found that there have been about 19,000 deaths per year from staphylococcus aureus. This is a bacterium which is the most common cause of a staph infection. in the US as a result of the built resistance to methicillin, which is typically used to treat staph. Concerns of antibiotic resistance has increased because of the…

The yellow sign should be placed in front of the patients’ door to indicate that precautions should be taken. (See attached) Clinical conditions that require contact precautions: Healthcare associated (HAI) pathogens Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus…

Food is a source of nutrients not only for humans but microorganisms as well. Food safety is a term for all measures and concepts that are intended to ensure that food is safe to eat and cannot cause a health problem or poisoning. The issue of food safety is a universal concern, this is because everyone must to consume food. Bacteria are everywhere, in the air, in the water, in the ground, on our food, on our skin and inside our bodies. Food scares have been numerous in the United States in the…