Category: Antibiotic

The debate around the issue of antibiotics and the side effects that they entail, particularly, in regard to the response that viruses develop toward antibiotics, evolving and becoming more difficult to manage. In his 2016 article, How Factory Farms Play Chicken with Antibiotics, Philpott explains that the antibiotics-based approach toward preventing bacteria from attacking poultry…

The debate around the issue of antibiotics and the side effects that they entail, particularly, in regard to the response that viruses develop toward antibiotics, evolving and becoming more difficult to manage. In his 2016 article, How Factory Farms Play Chicken with Antibiotics, Philpott explains that the antibiotics-based approach toward preventing bacteria from attacking poultry…

Inappropriate strategies that are associated with prescribing antibiotics often lead to bacterial resistance to certain medications. As a result, it is important to address this problem by changing approaches to prescribing and using antibiotics while treating adults and children (Peate, Wild, & Nair, 2014). To respond to this tendency, it is important to develop or…

Table of Contents Introduction Overview of the Issue Causes of Antimicrobial Resistance Narrow-Spectrum and Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics Superbugs References Introduction This paper will explore the issue of antibiotic resistance. It will also provide a brief discussion of different types of antimicrobials and their influence on the creation of superbugs. Overview of the Issue Antibiotics are the…

Patients Information Age: 36. Sex: Female. Subjective Chief Complaint Diarrhea for the last three days. It increases if the patient eats milk. It decreases with fasting. No mucus or blood. No fever, cough, vomiting, nausea, adnominal pain, and tenesmus. History of the Present Illness Diarrheas began three days ago. It increases if the patient eats…

Factory farms have long been searching for various methods to optimize the production process as the competition continues to be severe. Only a few thousand large factory farms can enjoy all the benefits of economies of scale. The current approach to food production has serious drawbacks and leads to unexpected health issues nationwide, as huge…

Abstract The issue of childhood obesity remains one of the top reasons for concern in the United States, as well as in the global setting. Childhood obesity has drastic effects on the health status of patients. Apart from leading to an array of complications and chronic diseases and disorders among children, the issue under analysis…

Table of Contents Introduction Benefits of Shortened Antibiotic Courses Equal Efficiency of Long and Short Antibiotic Courses Impact of Individual Factors on Antibiotic Treatment Efficiency Treatment Duration and Adverse Effects Conclusion References Introduction The discovery and widespread introduction of antibiotics into medical practice was seen as a revolution in medicine. Since then, these drugs have…

Table of Contents Introduction Selective Toxicity Bacteria Resistance Measures to Limit Bacterial Infections Conclusion References Introduction Fluoroquinolone is prescribed for the treatment of bacterial infections: the medicine binds the beta-lactam ring to DD-transpeptidase, preventing bacteria from constructing a new cell wall (Collignon & McEwen, 2019). Bacterial death is caused by the loss of a cell…

The research study under consideration is a report focusing on teixobactin  a new cell wall inhibitor that is obtained from a screen of uncultured bacteria that grow in diffusion chambers (Ling et al. 455). The authors have chosen to study the potential and efficacy of the new compound because they believe that any new…