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unusual facts about antibiotics



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Ampicillin

Ampicillin, like other β-lactam antibiotics, not only blocks the division of bacteria, but also the division of chloroplasts of the glaucophytes (called cyanelles) and chloroplasts of the moss Physcomitrella patens, a bryophyte.

Antimotility agent

In diarrhea caused by invasive pathogens such as Salmonella, Shigella, and Campylobacter, the use of such agents has generally been strongly discouraged, though evidence is lacking that they are harmful when administered in combination with antibiotics in Clostridium difficile cases.

Antropophagus

To stop Daniel's wound from becoming infected, Andy and Arnold go into the town to search for antibiotics.

C12H12N2O3

Nalidixic acid, the first of the synthetic quinolone antibiotics

Cavernous sinus thrombosis

According to the ICD-9M code, cavernous sinus thrombosis has a mortality rate of less than 20% in areas with access to antibiotics.

Dagenham

Other industrial names once known world wide were Ever Ready, whose batteries could be found in shops throughout the Commonwealth, Bergers Paint and the chemical firm of May and Baker who in 1935 revolutionized the production of antibiotics with their synthetic sulfa-drug known as M&B 693.

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency is very common worldwide, and causes acute hemolytic anemia in the presence of simple infection, ingestion of fava beans, or reaction with certain medicines, antibiotics, antipyretics, and antimalarials.

Glycopeptide antibiotic

Until 2000? Glycopeptides used to be the last effective line of defense for cases of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, however several newer classes of antibiotics have proven to have activity against MRSA, including, in 2000, linezolid of the oxazolidinone class, and in 2003 daptomycin of the lipopeptide class.

Lactagen

In an interview with the Washington Post, gastroenterologist Theodore Bayless of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine suggested that such a course can relieve symptoms of lactose intolerance, but the relief would not be permanent, particularly if the user were to take antibiotics at a later date.

Long Live the Mayor

It's estimated that he would live only another 12 hours without heavy antibiotics (Cipro) to wipe out the infection quickly.

Mark Griep

He studies the enzymes primase and DnaB helicase in his search for antibiotics that inhibit them.

Mini survival kit

Antibiotics: broad spectrum ones such as Azithromycin cover staphylococcus bacteria and can treat ear infections, pneumonia, strep throat, and sinusitis

Nalidixic acid

Nalidixic acid and related antibiotics inhibit a subunit of DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV and induce formation of cleavage complexes.

Shigella flexneri

S. flexneri infections can usually be treated with antibiotics although some strains have become resistant.


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