These are all symptoms of the muscle paralysis caused by the bacterial toxin. If untreated, these symptoms may progress to cause paralysis of the respiratory muscles, arms, legs, and trunk. In foodborne botulism, symptoms generally begin 18 to 36 hours after eating a contaminated food, but they can occur as early as 6 hours or as late as 10 days. The respiratory failure and paralysis that occur with severe botulism may require a patient to be on a breathing machine (ventilator) for weeks or months, plus intensive medical and nursing care. The paralysis slowly improves.
Running head: Giardia Giardia Carla Linder University of Phoenix Abstract In the follow document you will learn how to identify the causes, view a list of the symptoms, and observe the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention associated with the parasite giardia also known as amoeba parasites. Giardiasis is the most frequently diagnosed intestinal parasitic disease in the United States. Giardia lamblia is a protozoa (an amoebic parasite) and it lives in the water, food, and soil. Giardia or amoeba parasites The infectious agent or pathogen that causes this infectious disease is a microscopic parasite called Giardia lamblia. Giardia lamblia is a single celled organism that causes a diarrheal infection of the small intestines and is one of the most common parasites in the United States.
It can cause cold sores, mouth ulcers, and skin lesion or rash on the lips, mouth, and gums. Most of the people of the United States get infected by the age of twenty and almost 70% of the world population is seropositive for Herpes Simplex Virus type 1, which means that almost 2/3 of the population of the world has the virus in their bodies they might not show the symptoms, but they can infect other people with contact of saliva or direct contact with skin (Rajiv, Saini, Saini Santosh,
Escherichia coli Escherichia coli, usually abbreviated E. coli, is a species of bacteria that often lives in the intestinal tract of humans and many other animals. Most strains of E. coli are harmless, while other strains of E. coli produce toxins that cause several types of disease in humans. Neonatal Meningitis: Neonatal meningitis is a condition in which the meninges, layers of tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord, are inflamed in a newborn; due to a bacterial infection. E. coli is one of the top causes of neonatal meningitis. Most cases of the disease are caused by E. coli that has what is called the K-1 antigen.
Why? Definition: Escherichia coli (E. coli 0157:H7) is a Bacterium that is found in the stool which can be bloody and based on the reading the bacteria is spread through contaminated beef, poorly cooked hamburgers or raw cow milk. The reading also discussed the first outbreak in the United States in 1982 when someone who ate some contaminated meat had a bloody stool and when tested is was detected as E. coli O157:H7. What could account for the increase in cases? It is my opinion that cases of E. coli O157:H7 the increase in the outbreak was a result of inadequate diagnostic and limited resources.
Clostridium Difficile (C-Diff) Alonzo Jones Pima Medical Institute Author Note: This assignment was prepared for my Infectious Disease Class on 9/12/2012. Clostridium Difficile (C-Diff) C-Diff is a gram-positive bacterium that causes severe diarrhea and in some cases, inflammation of the colon. The disease is usually localized to the Digestive System. According to the (CDC, 2010) strains of C-Diff were reported to be resistant to antibiotics such as Fluoroquinolones in several hospitals across country. Eighty percent of C-diff cases are found in healthcare settings (CDC, 2010).
Case Study The neurotoxin produced by the pathogen Clostridium botulinum is the cause of the 20-year-old man’s illness. The conclusion is based on the man’s symptoms and the ER doctor’s notation that the patient had consumed home-canned green beans. Food-borne botulism is a very rare neuroparalytic illness caused by the toxin produced by the C. botulinum bacteria (1). A very tiny amount of the toxin affects both the somatic and automatic systems and can cause death by respiratory failure (3). Clostridium botulinum is a Gram-positive, anaerobic rod-shaped organism often found in the soil and in sediments of lakes and oceans (4, 5).
Bordetella pertussis Microbiology Bordetella pertussis is a prokaryotic organism belonging to the bacteria kingdom, the genus Bordetella, and species B.pertussis (Bauman, 2012). B. pertussis is a Gram negative coccobacillus (rod shaped) and is the causative agent of Whooping Cough. Microscopically, B. pertussis appears as pairs or singly, which are approximately 0.5-1.0um in length (Bauman, 2012). Encapsulated, non motile, and non spore forming these cells require a rich media in order to survive. B. pertussis bacteria are obligate aerobes requiring oxygen to live.
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) causes 250,000 to 500,000 children to go blind each year (most of these children live in impoverished countries). This staggering statistic, along with the troubles surrounding anemic women, is being combated by a special strand of GMOs dubbed, “golden rice.” Golden rice is a food source fortified with iron and Vitamin A, and it has the potential to seriously reduce cases of anemia and blindness worldwide. Peter Sunday, a writer for Newsvision in Uganda, feels that while the development of golden rice leads “Under-Developed countries [to become] more dependent on other communities,” the world must not “neglect the advantages.” Sunday explains that because the large agricultural companies in the western hemisphere of the world are responsible for the development of golden rice and other GMOs, countries receiving the support will lose any feelings of independence. This is a rather stubborn and
It’s common in adults, adolescents, and even infants; but can be potentially fatal for infants (March). Leukocytosis, particularly WBC counts of more than 100,000, has been associated with fatalities from Pertussis. According to Arthur Allen, “Toxins released by the bacteria cripple white blood cells and cilia, the tiny hairs in the upper respiratory passages, and the cilia, through genetic programming, actually promote the growth and production of toxins by the bacteria (267). Whooping cough is the second most deadly respiratory tract pathogen. It ranges from being moderately to highly durable in the external environment (Edward, 75).