Introduction (UTI) a urinary tract infection is an infection in any part of urinary system ; kidneys‚ ureters‚ bladder and urethra. Most infections involve the lower urinary tract — the bladder and the urethra. However‚ serious consequences can occur if a UTI spreads to kidneys. So in my literature review I am going to talk about preventing urinary tract infection. Summary I chose this article because the urinary tract infection is common among people especially the women are most infected
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of the major challenges facing treatment of bacterial infections. The majority of human pathogenic bacteria have been resistant to clinically used antibiotics. Moreover‚ the currently used antibiotics have low selectivity against bacteria and thereby affect both pathogenic bacteria and our benign endogenous microflora. Therefore‚ there is a need to find out a novel approach that inhibits the bacterial pathogenesis and infection [1-3]. Chlamydia trachomatis is the main sexually transmitted bacterial
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INFECTION An infection is the colonization of a hostorganism by parasitespecies. Infecting parasites seek to use the host’s resources to reproduce‚ often resulting in disease. Colloquially‚ infections are usually considered to be caused by microscopic organisms or microparasites like viruses‚ prions‚ bacteria‚ and viroids‚ though larger organisms like macroparasites and fungi can also infect. Hosts normally fight infections themselves via their immune system. Mammalian hosts react to infections
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Rickettsia‚ mycoplasma and chlamydia are three very unique bacterias. Here are a few reasons why for each bacteria. Rickettsia is an obligate intracellular gram-negative bacteria. This type of bacteria is very small and is bacilli shaped. Rickettsia causes rocky mountain spotted fever‚ rickettsia pox‚ epidemic typhus and murine typhus disease. It is found in ticks‚ lice‚ fleas‚ mites‚ chiggers and mammals. It is transmitted by a bite (vector transmission) from an infected tick‚ mite‚ flea or any
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Causes and Spread of infection Q 1.1 - Identify the differences between: bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. * Bacteria are unicellular‚ prokaryotic microorganism found almost in all kinds of habits. Some bacteria are beneficial like those involved in nitrogen fixation and some pathogenic‚ which cause diseases. * Viruses are unicellular‚ tiny organisms which is mostly composed of DNA (DeoxyriboNucleic Acid) and protein. Its body
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it was unknown if it even exist in the host. However‚ in a recent paper characterizing genital chlamydial infections in two patients‚ evidence of persistence growth forms were found and isolated‚ and the morphological and molecular analysis showed that chlamydial persistency does exist in vivo in some patients [31]. Women that acquire new infections or are unable to fully clear their infection are more prone to diseases such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)‚ endometriosis‚ life threatening ectopic
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Chain of Infection As described above‚ the traditional epidemiologic triad model holds that infectious diseases result from the interaction of agent‚ host‚ and environment. More specifically‚ transmission occurs when the agent leaves its reservoir or host through a portal of exit‚ is conveyed by some mode of transmission‚ and enters through an appropriate portal of entry to infect a susceptible host. This sequence is sometimes called the chain of infection. Figure 1.19 Chain of Infection Image
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December 10‚ 2010 Microbiology Chain of Infection Link 1: The Organism (10 pts) Scientific name: Infectious mononucleosis Common name of disease: mono; also‚ the kissing disease Characteristics: [bacteria/virus/parasite‚ toxins‚ anaerobe/aerobe‚ etc] Mononucleosis is a lymphatic system disease‚ usually caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) (first cultured by Michael Epstein and Yvonne Barr). A similar condition is often caused by the
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UNIT 22 INFECTION CONTROL OUTCOME 1 UNDERSTAND THE CAUSES OF INFECTION 1.1 Bacteria are one celled micro-organisms that get their nutrients fro their environment to live eg: The human body. Bacteria causes infections and can reproduce either inside or outside the body. Viruses are pieces of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein. Viruses need to be inside living cells to grow and reproduce. They do not survive long unless they are inside a living thing eg: person
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developing a computer model of the spread of an infectious disease‚ the student develops an understanding of the role of the infection rate and the removal rate on the spread of the disease. The Threshold Theorem of Epidemiology claims that the extent of spread of an epidemic can be predicted if three values are known: initial number of susceptible people (S(0))‚ the infection rate (K)‚ and the removal rate (by quarantine or cure) (Q). The extent of the spread of the epidemic is indicated by the percentage
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