Bacteremia

Microbiology project: Bibliography of Elizabeth Osborne King Elizabeth Osborne King was born in Fulton County Georgia on October 12, 1912. She was a well known American microbiologist who specialized in identifying difficult bacteria. She was educated at the University of Georgia, where she graduated with a B.S. in Zoology in 1935. She went on to obtain her M.S in Medical Technology from Emory University in Atlanta in 1938, and wrote her thesis on the effects of new antimalarial drugs on avian malaria

Pseudomonas aeruginosa was first discovered in 1882 by Carle Gessard. Gessard was a chemist and bacteriologist who found through experimentation that P aeruginosa had water soluble pigments that turned a blue-green color when exposed to ultraviolet light. Thorough research into this microbe led Gessar to determine many characteristics of P aeruginosa [1]. This bacteria is abundant and prefers moist environments often being seen as a waterborne organism. Pseudomonal species are typically found

The primary problems for my patient, E.R., were his feeding issues and his infection. MD orders concerned his cardiac issues, feedings and antibiotics, working to fight his infection and facilitate his feeding. MD orders consisted of measurements to evaluate his growth such as height, weight, and head circumference. Orders to facilitate growth, which included the placement of a NG tube to aid in feedings as well as a future order to get a G-J tube place (which would help with the absorption of nutrients)

off with clinical deterioration; she left the hospital after 3 month of hospitalization, on Isoniazid and Rifampin p.o treatment for 9 months. Six month later she died. Background After reaching a primary focus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes bacteremia and spread to meninges and brain parenchyma, to rupture then into subarachnoid space. This rupture leaves many sequelae among which cerebral tuberculous vasculitis is a really dramatic one. The following diagram highlights these

It is not unusual for some healthy women to harbor Group B streptococcus bacteria in their rectum and vagina. These microorganisms do not usually cause disease when few in number, but when they grow in number and colonize these areas, bacterial infection can become severe. A woman who is pregnant and tests positive for Group B strep or GBS may pass the bacteria to her baby during childbirth. GBS affects one out of 2,000 newborns in the US although not all babies born to GBS-positive mothers become

This paper will discuss the importance of the use of isolation precautions, and hand hygiene. It will discuss how a nurse named Sophie helps mentor a new CNA staff member to the team by constructively teaching him about proper use of Personal Protection Equipment and good Hand Hygiene. It will also give an example a constructive way for Sophie to address the problem at hand. Sophie is what you would call a Link Nurse. The purpose of a link nurse is to reduce the infection rates of the facility

Taking a look at the patients that have increased rates tend to be of female gender due to the shortened urethra which allows the bacteremia to travel at a shorter distance than that of males, some of the other risk factors for higher catheter associated urinary tract infections include patients that are of older age, prolonged catheterization and impaired immunity (Conway, Larson 2012)

A 60-year-old female with a history of left hip pain presents to her primary care physician for pre-operative evaluation for total hip arthroplasty. She is scheduled to undergo a left total hip arthroplasty. She has had a known systemic autoimmune disease for decades. She has a crippling stiffness and deformity about both hands which prevents her from signing in at the reception desk. Review of current medications includes: aspirin, omeprazole, and etanercept. In addition to ensuring cardiac and

avoid touching eyes, nose or mouth, cover mouth when coughing or sneezing, avoid close contact with people who are sick, and if feeling sick and suspecting to have this disease, talk to the doctor or nurse about these. This disease also causes bacteremia, meningitis, peritonitis, otitis media, and

The word “sepsis” is derived from the ancient Greek word for rotten flesh and putrefaction. Since then, a wide variety of definitions have been applied to sepsis, including sepsis syndrome, severe sepsis, bacteremia, septicemia and septic shock In 1991, the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) developed a new set of terms and definitions to define sepsis in a more “precise manner” [1, 2]. These definitions take into account the findings that