Despite warnings at the start of the industrial antibiotic era seventy years ago, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasingly intransigent health issue. AMR can be claimed as a social, political, technological, or economic problem. But multidisciplinary, co-evolutionary perspectives are necessary ...
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Patients of older age (p=0.01) and higher BMI (p=0.02) were more likely to undergo explantation after Stage I. The most commonly cultured organisms were S. epidermidis (10.9%), S. aureus (10.9%) and P. aeruginosa (10.9%). Antibiotic resistance was commonly encountered for ampicillin, ...
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A high frequency of horizontal gene transfer within biofilms has also been observed and is largely responsible for the acquisition of antibiotic resistance genes [170]. In addition, biofilm formation enables persistence and tolerance to a wide range of antibiotics. Tolerance is defined as the cell’...
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Stated law of electrical resistance. Robert Brown (1827) Discovered Brownian motion. Joseph Lister (1827–1912) Initiated use of antiseptics in surgery, e.g., phenols, carbolic acid, cresols. A. Kekulé (1829–1896) Father of aromatic chemistry. Realized four-valent carbon and structur...
The first cholera pandemic began in 1817 and originated in the Ganges Delta of India. The source of infection was contaminated rice. The pandemic spread along trade routes to distant countries such as China, Japan, and the Philippines.
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PROFESSOR XU JIAN QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY & BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY "It usually takes two to three days to test antimicrobial resistance. Many patients are not willing to or can't wait that long. When it comes to low-grade infections, some patients may use strong antibiotics; while som...