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... List of Figures Figure 2.1Number and ASR of chlamydia notifications, WA, 2003 to 2012 ............................... 21 Figure 2.2 Number of chlamydia notifications by sex and overall age-specific rate, WA, 2012 . 22 Figure 2.3 Chlamydia testing rate and test positivity rate by age group, WA, 2009 ...
... List of Figures Figure 2.1Number and ASR of chlamydia notifications, WA, 2003 to 2012 ............................... 21 Figure 2.2 Number of chlamydia notifications by sex and overall age-specific rate, WA, 2012 . 22 Figure 2.3 Chlamydia testing rate and test positivity rate by age group, WA, 2009 ...
fleming, a. (1929)
... colour is produced which diffuses into the nmedium. In certain conditions a reddish colour can be observed in the growth. In broth the mould grows on the surface as a white fluffy growth changing in a few days to a dark green felted mass. The broth becomes bright yellow and this yellow pigment is no ...
... colour is produced which diffuses into the nmedium. In certain conditions a reddish colour can be observed in the growth. In broth the mould grows on the surface as a white fluffy growth changing in a few days to a dark green felted mass. The broth becomes bright yellow and this yellow pigment is no ...
The Story of Penicillin
... produced to produce 7 million patients/year. Greatly reduced number of deaths during WWII. Many diseases successfully treated with penicillin, e.g., pneumonia, blood poisoning, strep throat, scarlet fever, diphtheria, meningitis, etc. ...
... produced to produce 7 million patients/year. Greatly reduced number of deaths during WWII. Many diseases successfully treated with penicillin, e.g., pneumonia, blood poisoning, strep throat, scarlet fever, diphtheria, meningitis, etc. ...
Kerry Layden, Mary McCartney, William Owen
... totally accidental, but one that had a major effect on the world of medicine. One day he “returned from a vacation to his usually messy, disordered laboratory. In one of his Petri dishes that had not been touched by the Lysol, he noticed an unusual phenomenon: separate colonies of staphylococci and, ...
... totally accidental, but one that had a major effect on the world of medicine. One day he “returned from a vacation to his usually messy, disordered laboratory. In one of his Petri dishes that had not been touched by the Lysol, he noticed an unusual phenomenon: separate colonies of staphylococci and, ...
Alexander Fleming - Nobel Lecture
... In 1929, I published the results which I have briefly given to you and suggested that it would be useful for the treatment of infections with sensitive microbes. I referred again to penicillin in one or two publications up to 1936 but few people paid any attention. It was only when some 10 years lat ...
... In 1929, I published the results which I have briefly given to you and suggested that it would be useful for the treatment of infections with sensitive microbes. I referred again to penicillin in one or two publications up to 1936 but few people paid any attention. It was only when some 10 years lat ...
Alexander Fleming and the discovery of penicillin
... Just before he put all the plates in the sink to get clean, Fleming noticed something. Although lots of bacteria were growing on his plates, there was a clear ring in the jelly around some of the spots of mold – no bacteria were growing. Something had killed the bacteria that was covering the jelly. ...
... Just before he put all the plates in the sink to get clean, Fleming noticed something. Although lots of bacteria were growing on his plates, there was a clear ring in the jelly around some of the spots of mold – no bacteria were growing. Something had killed the bacteria that was covering the jelly. ...
Full-text PDF - Explore Bristol Research
... of how best to use Azithromycin and help to expand future treatment options. However, several key factors associated with drug adherence may be of particular relevance in the treatment of STIs and actually favour the use of stat doses of Azithromycin. Patient factors such as younger age, smoking and ...
... of how best to use Azithromycin and help to expand future treatment options. However, several key factors associated with drug adherence may be of particular relevance in the treatment of STIs and actually favour the use of stat doses of Azithromycin. Patient factors such as younger age, smoking and ...
Syphilis

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. The primary route of transmission is through sexual contact; it may also be transmitted from mother to fetus during pregnancy or at birth, resulting in congenital syphilis. Other human diseases caused by related Treponema pallidum include yaws (subspecies pertenue), pinta (subspecies carateum), and bejel (subspecies endemicum).The signs and symptoms of syphilis vary depending in which of the four stages it presents (primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary). The primary stage classically presents with a single chancre (a firm, painless, non-itchy skin ulceration), secondary syphilis with a diffuse rash which frequently involves the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, latent syphilis with little to no symptoms, and tertiary syphilis with gummas, neurological, or cardiac symptoms. It has, however, been known as ""the great imitator"" due to its frequent atypical presentations. Diagnosis is usually made by using blood tests; however, the bacteria can also be detected using dark field microscopy. Syphilis can be effectively treated with antibiotics, specifically the preferred intramuscular benzathine penicillin G (or penicillin G potassium given intravenously for neurosyphilis), or else ceftriaxone, and in those who have a severe penicillin allergy, oral doxycycline or azithromycin.Syphilis is thought to have infected 12 million additional people worldwide in 1999, with greater than 90% of cases in the developing world. After decreasing dramatically since the widespread availability of penicillin in the 1940s, rates of infection have increased since the turn of the millennium in many countries, often in combination with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This has been attributed partly to increased promiscuity, prostitution, decreasing use of condoms, and unsafe sexual practices among men who have sex with men. In 2015, Cuba became the first country in the world to eradicate syphilis.