Clostridium Difficile Infection: The prescription for health

provide relief. Instances like this have become more common in the past two decades do to the emergence of drug resistant infections. This is not only a problem that the United States faces but it’s a worldwide crisis. In this paper I will address how overuse of antibiotics has caused an influx of drug resistant infections specifically C-Diff and how this impacts human health worldwide and the efforts to fight against it. Literature searches using the databases CINAHL Complete and PubMed were used

A Review of Clostridium Difficile Multiple Recurrence Introduction Clostridium difficile is a gram-positive, spore-forming, anaerobic bacillus. Since the turn of the 21st century, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of nosocomial infections associated with antibiotic exposure and an increase in the severity of the disease. Challenges of disease containment include emerging risk factors and recurrence. In 2008 the acute care costs, not including the economic burden placed outside of the

Prevention Clostridium difficile is a highly contagious infection of the colon that's hard to contain and occurs in many health care facilities. With the proper interventions, it can be prevented and contained. The purpose of this paper is to discuss an article about C. diff and give suggestions on how to avoid an outbreak at a health care facility. Article Summary The article “C. diff always linked to health care,” was written by H. LeWine (2012). The article describes how Clostridium difficile (C. diff)

for the seasonal flu and walked out of the clinic with a prescription for antibiotics? I have. Actually, some of us, including me, become very upset if the doctor fails to prescribe antibiotics for us. Since the discovery of antibiotics, they have become the miracle treatment for all types of infections, specific and non-specific. Even though antibiotics are only effective when treating bacterial infection, many seek them for viral infections such as the common cold, etc. Hence, this reckless practice

Antibiotic, or antimicrobial medication is used for treatment and prevention of a bacterial infection, which may inhibit or kill the growth of the microorganism. (1) These medications are used for two correlating therapies: empirical therapy and definitive antibiotic therapy. (1, 2) Empirical therapy is used for patients who have a proven or suspected infection in their body but the specific bacteria has not been identified. (2) During empirical therapy, an individual is given a broad-spectrum antibiotic

child would not require antibiotics at this time. Education would be provided on the signs and symptoms of teething and how this can appear similar to other infections. Teething is a natural occurring process that can lead parents to worry about more serious illnesses (Plutzer, Spencer, & Keirse, 2010). Investigation further revealed that many health care workers could not pinpoint the signs and symptoms of teething. Children can present with a low-grade fever, diarrhea, sleeplessness, pulling at ears

Prophylactic antibiotics are “using antibiotics to guard against or prevent the spread or occurrence of disease or infection.” This is a paradoxical façade presented to us by the majority of the medical world, the cattle and animal agriculture industry, and the fortune 500 companies (Prophylaxis). Prophylactic antibiotics kill tens of thousands of people every year; approximately 23,000 people from last year alone had prophylactic antibiotic related deaths, and are suspected to significantly help

According the World Health Organization (WHO), antibiotic resistance is one of the world’s greatest health threats to date (Haddox, 2013). In the article, The Health Threat of Antibiotic Resistance, Gail Haddox (2013) discusses the danger antibiotic resistance poses in today’s society and strategies to prevent the expansion of antibiotic resistance. In Europe alone, an estimated 25,000 deaths have been attributed to multi-resistant infections (Haddox, 2013). Common infections are now harder to treat

antibiotics have become the predominant treatment of bacterial infections. Through misuse, unnecessary prescriptions, and inadequate dosing, the evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria has advanced at an astonishing rate (CDC, 2014; Laxminarayan et al., 2013). The urgency for maintaining antibiotic efficacy has become a global epidemic. Through utilization of advanced methods of action, innovative technology, and new implementations for health care professionals, antibiotic viability may be attainable

run. Whether the cure for a viral or bacterial infection to the simple cure of a common cold, advances in medicine can be said to have had a great impact in the lives of many in the U.S. and around the world. In the U.S. alone, the life expectancy of an American increased from 49 years to 77 years because of the new way of life in the health aspect. There is no doubt that antibiotics specifically, not to say the prevention of diseases by public health regulations including over-the-counter drugs and