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    increases significantly. The prolonged antibiotic use enables C. difficile to multiply and produce large amounts of dangerous toxins. Therapy for those who suffer from this includes rehydration, immediate stop of the causative antibiotic (usually clindamycin or amoxicillin), and new antibiotics to reverse the symptoms such as vancomycin. C. difficile is easily transmitted within hospital settings because its spores are resistant to the commonly used alcohol

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    When people go into hospitals, they expect to be treated from what illness they have. The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention states that one in twenty-five patients will obtain nosocomial infections (Mercola No p). Readers may think that these statistics are not that bad, but when readers become educated on how dangerous and how easy it is to acquire this infection they will think twice. The most common ways to acquire nosocomial infections are central line-associated bloodstream, catheter-associated

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    The cause of this illness is a microscopic unicellular eukaryote organism moving by minute contractions of small contractile fibrils organelles unlike many other Protozoa moving by locomotion. The disease occurs primarily in animals; however, in rare cases, the infection may occur in humans when the nymph black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis) attach to a person from vegetation close to ground level and climb up on the host to find a place to bite. In addition to that, the vector needs to be attached

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    ICU: A Case Study

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    During this study, the most commonly prescribed antibiotic for patients were Cephalosporins with 93.2 % frequency, Carbapenems with also 48.7% and Vancomycin with 40.96% and Colistin with 16% frequency. Other antibiotics including Metronidazole, Clindamycin, Aminoglycosides, and Fluoroquinolones of the other antibiotics prescribed in the ICU. Investigating the choice of treatment regimens ¸ In 83.3% of cases, the first drug regimens

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    Metronidazole

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    contrast, Waheed, Yaseen & Shami (2015) evaluated the most effective therapy to prevent complications of pregnancy caused by BV, and obtained a 74% cure rate using 0.75% metronidazole cream; this was similar in results to use of 2% clindamycin vaginal cream, although the clindamycin regimen is shorter in duration (p.

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    Bacterial Vaginosis Last year I experience for the first time a bacterial vaginosis. It was horrible; a long month of intense itch, soreness and burning whenever I urinated or had intercourse. My mother recommended I try some over the counter antifungal cream, I purchase Monistat 7 ( Miconazole Nitrate 2%) and it worked great. I have not had reoccurrence of bacterial vaginosis but I have heard it is very common to experience a relapse. Occurs when there is disequilibrium of normal vaginal flora

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    alone is clinically effective (provided the abscess is adequately drained), other studies have reported that greater than 50% of cultures grow beta-lactamase – producing anaerobes, leading to the tendency to use broader-spectrum antibiotics such as clindamycin or a second- or third-generation oral cephalosporin. Empiric antimicrobial therapy must be comprehensive and should cover all likely pathogens in the context of the clinical setting[2]. Choice “D” is not the best answer. In cases of peritonsillar

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    include the use of natural drugs (6). Antibiotics are frequently used to treat acne patients. Long course regimens of antibiotics can be prescribed to treat acne, which can reach 6-9 months. Most antibiotics prescribed for acne treatment are: clindamycin, macrolides (e.g. erythromycin) and tetracyclines (5). However, increasing resistance have made acne treatment challenging. The incidence of P. acnes antibiotic resistance increased from 20% in 1978 to 72.5% in 1995 (8). Widespread resistance has

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    to the D-Ala-D-Ala terminus and inhibits transpeptidation. Certain drugs that are engaged in protein synthesis, differentiate between prokaryotic and eukaryotic ribosomes. (Streptomycin, Gentamicin, Chloramphenicol, Tetracycline, Erythromycin, Clindamycin, and Fusidic) Their therapeutic index is fairly high, but not as favorable as that of cell wall synthesis inhibitors. Streptomycin Binds with the 30S subunit of the bacterial ribosome to inhibit protein synthesis and causes misreading of mRNA. Chloramphenicol

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    Acne Vulgaris

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    acne as well as preventing the production of inflammatory mediators. [7] Tetracyclines, clindamycin and erythromycin are the most frequently used antibiotics against P. acne. [8], [9] However, the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of P. acne has been reported in various regions of the world and was associated with poor treatment outcomes

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