Streptococcus

Scarlet fever also known as scarlatina is an infectious disease that is caused by group A streptococcal bacteria—Streptococcus pyogenes. This disease was most common in the past and affected people of all ages—however, it was especially frequent within children. In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, scarlet fever gained it’s name based on the color of the skin, tongue, and constant flushing of the skin that looks as if it has been “tinged with red wine”. The body would feature bright red rashes that…

cervical margins but also beneath bands and brackets. Therefore, decalcification seen around the orthodontic brackets and bands, in the form of white spot lesions, is a negative treatment sequelae seen in more than 50% of orthodontic patients.1 Streptococcus mutans is prime bacteria commonly associated with enamel demineralization followed by lactobacilli in the oral cavity.2,3 Orthodontic cements such as glass ionomer cements (GICs), zinc phosphate cements (ZPC) are…

current case reviews how the delay in making medical decisions affected the health of their eight years old boy James. Mike and Joanne are the parents of James and his twin brother Samuel both born eight years ago. James was initially treated for A Streptococcus infection, and the complication of this infection led to acute renal failure. James doctor suggested temporary immediate dialysis to relieve James of the buildup fluids in his Lungs, and body and also to bring down the elevated blood…

including staphylococci, Proteus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonellae, shigallae, Haemophilus influenza, Pasteuerella, Neisseria meningitides, Vibro cholera, Bordetella pertussis, Bacillus anthracis, Corynebacterium diptheriae, Streptococcus faecalis, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Borrelia and Leptospira interrogans (L. icterohemorrhagicae). Despite having the combination of bacitracin with neomycin provide a broad-spectrum effect,…

that appears to result from an abnormal immune reaction occurring a few weeks after an untreated infection, usually caused by certain strains of group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus. The preceding infection commonly appears as an upper respiratory infection, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, or strep throat. Antibodies to the streptococcus organisms form and then react with connective tissue called collagen in the skin, joints, brain, and heart, causing inflammation. The inflammation can occur in the…

Meningitis is an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, most often caused by viral infection, while bacterial and fungal infections are also possible causes. The first major recorded outbreak of Meningitis was in Geneva, in 1805. Meningitis can affect anyone, regardless of age, race or ethnicity, but the groups that are most susceptible to infection are infants between the ages of 6 and 18 months of age, children under the age of 5 years old, young adults, elderly people and anyone with an…

What is one of the dirtiest locations of your house? You thought of the bathroom, right? But did you know that carpets and area rugs are home to many more critters? Research by Philip Tierno, Jr., Ph.D., microbiologist, immunologist, and author of The Secret Life of Germs, has conducted research which indicates that your carpet and rugs are a lot dirtier than you think. In fact, these areas have around 200,000 bacteria per square inch. Eew, that's about 4,000 times dirtier than your toilet.…

Although there are physical similarities in Archaeal and Bacterial Viruses, there are a notable amount of cellular differences among the two. In this essay, I will discuss the comparison between two of three of the Earth 's most abundant cellular organisms (Krupovic, 2011). An Archaeal Virus is a single-celled organism that contains metabolic eccentricity, methanogens, and extreme thermophiles (meaning they can abstain stability in tremendously high temperatures) (Archaeal, 2011). A Bacterial…

These days, it seems everyone likes to keep it hair-free down there. But lately we read some stories that ask men and women to let their pubic hair grow. Since it is all a matter of preference, but let’s get the facts straight that it isn’t very important to wax or shave your pubes? Actually, you may event want to abstain from doing it, because pubic hair aren’t there without a purpose. Because shaving/waxing down there can pose a lot of health risk that you’ve never heard of. First things…

resistant than obligate anaerobes and that gram-positive bacteria are more resistant than gram-negative bacteria(7). These microbes are usually gram positive and regularly include Enterococcus faecalis, Propionibacterium spp, Lactobacillus spp, Streptococcus spp, and Actinomyces spp (4). Other microbes include Candida albicans, and gram negative bacteria, such as F. nucleatum, Prevotella intermedia, and Campylobacter rectus (8). These persistent bacteria are very hardy, as they are able to…