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ASSIGNMENT # 3: ANTIMICROBIAL ACTION AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE 1. Antimicrobial resistance is MAINTAINED in the environment by Selective Pressure. Discuss 3 types of selective pressure and how each could be avoided. One type of selective pressure is the use of antibiotics to treat viral infections. This could be avoided by educating the public that antibiotics do nothing for a viral infection. Doctors should also stop giving into patient’s demand for antibiotics for a viral infection.…

Some infections like athlete's' foot or eczema may also lead to cellulitis. The two most frequent causes for cellulitis are Streptococcus as well as Staphylococcus aureus (Woodruff, 2015); and both are common skin infecting bacteria. In most cases, doctors are able to diagnose cellulitis based on the symptoms and a physical exam. Another test such as ultrasounds, CT scans blood tests or even an MRI can be…

One of the largest reasons for death during this period was caused by diseases. Bacterial diseases such as, staphylococcus and streptococcus, claimed the lives of many. Troops would dig trenches to hide from enemies, they had to get used to spending long periods of time in the trenches with disembodied parts. As an example of this it was essentially a breeding ground…

Protect Yourself Against Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs Naturally There has been a lot of talk about antibiotic-resistant superbugs lately, and we 're understandably scared. After all, if the strongest prescription antibiotics can 't beat a raging infection, does this mean we 'll enter another dark age of plague-like sickness and death? Not necessarily. Even though the first United States medical case of antibiotic-resistant bacteria was discovered recently, there 's no need for panic just…

SSIs. SSIs result from a variety of sources, both endogenous (such as bacteria living on the patient’s skin) and exogenous (outside the patient, such as from the equipment). Most SSIs and other nosocomial infections are caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). An important part of minimizing nosocomial infections is to perform the duties in the three…

The most common causative organism of inefctive endocarditis is Staphylococcus aureus (15, 17), and typically causes aggressive infection leasing to poor outcome and complications such as local valvular destruction, diffuse septic emboli and persistent bacteremia (17). Risk factors for endocarditis include injection drug…

drug that does this is sulfa. Nosocomial Infection are infections that are acquire thru a health care facility. Only 10% of people in hospitals acquire a nosocomial infection. The most common nosocomial infections are E. coli, enterococcus, staphylococcus aureus, and pseudomonas. All of these microbes are responsible for half the infection. The types of Nosocomial infections are UTI’S, post-surgery infections, respiratory infections and skin infections. They all can be acquire by staying at a…

1. Introduction and Literature Review 1.1 Introduction: More than 200 different species of bacteria normally live on the skin (Benbow, 2010) and an open wound provides a moist, warm and nutritious environment perfect for microbial colonisation and proliferation (Young, 2012). When one or more microorganisms multiply in the wound, local and systemic responses occur in the host, which can lead to infection and a subsequent delay in healing (Angel et al., 2011). Cutting (2010) mentioned that…

Introduction/Review of Literature Introduction Hospital acquired infections (HAI), also known as healthcare associated infections or nosocomial infections, are infections transmitted to patients while in a hospital or other healthcare facility. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015), there were approximately 722,000 patients suffering from hospital acquired infections in the United States in 2011 of whom 75,000 suffered fatalities. Accordingly, hospital acquired…

bacteria that can harm us. They then go into detail on the discovery of the first medications that were used to kill the bacteria that were harmful to us. The first discovery was an accident by Alexander Fleming in the late 1920’s. After leaving some Staphylococcus in a Petri dish, he noticed that some mold had killed this bacterium. He ended up naming this Penicillin, which came from the name of the mold that had killed the bacteria. Although he did not understand exactly how the mold was…