Sentences with phrase «which penicillin»

Most of the enzymatic toothpastes we have today contain glucose oxidase which is actually derived from the same fungal species from which penicillin is synthesized.

Strangely, the Jubilee line had the fewest Penicillium cells from which penicillin is produced — though it is one of the most common fungal species in the outside air.

It was the first bacterium in which penicillin resistance was found — in 1947, just four years after the drug started being mass - produced.

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Hypothesizing that «a decrease in the cost of syphilis due to penicillin [which, in 1943, was found to treat syphilis effectively] spurred an increase in risky non-traditional sex,» the Emory University economist Andrew Francis discovered evidence that «the era of modern sexuality originated in the mid to late 1950s,» prior to the debut of oral contraceptive pills in 1960.

She has an allergy to penicillin and a molecule that is commonly found in deodorants which they said has something to do with her penicillin allergy.

Mitral valve prolapse from rheumatic fever, which eventually killed my husband's grandmother, who got rheumatic fever, less than 10 years before the discovery of penicillin.

Rheumatic fever, which usually starts as strep throat, was essentially eliminated as a life - threatening disease with the use of penicillin in the early 20th century.

There is a tsunami every month that could be cured by penicillin, for which there are no images and no reporting.

He determined that a compound produced by the mold, which he called penicillin, could kill pathogenic bacteria but not white blood cells or human tissue.

The human cell shown above contains several developmental forms of the bacterium, which has persisted even after treatment with penicillin.

Her lab later came up with structures for penicillin, which influenced the development of antibiotics, and for vitamin B - 12, which her group determined with the aid of one of the first electronic computers.

Penicillin, which has been around since 1928, is used to treat a variety of conditions, from strep throat to ear infections.

In the mid-1970s, two dangerous bugs almost simultaneously became resistant to penicillin: Haemophilus influenzae, which induces respiratory infections, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the cause of the venereal disease gonorrhea.

Genetic material from poplar trees, which contain the pain - killing aspirin ingredient salicylic acid, and a plant mold that makes the antibiotic penicillin hint that he may have used natural medication to ease his ailments.

Or try «penicillin», which, we are told, «exerts a bacteriostatic and bactericidal effect by interfering with the synthesis of peptidoglycan».

Rather it was the widespread use of first generation beta - lactams such as penicillin in the years prior to the introduction of methicillin, which selected for S. aureus strains carrying the mecA determinant.

Potential environmental triggers include fatigue, stress, infection, exposure to ultraviolet light, and taking certain types of medicines, namely sulfa drugs (which make people more sensitive to sunlight), penicillin or other antibiotics, and tetracycline.

In the middle of this time period, I did have a small case of strep for which I went on a 10 day penicillin regiment which seemed to just give me headaches.

Honey was a conventional therapy in fighting infection up until the early 20th century, at which time its use slowly vanished with the advent of penicillin.

Yes, you can artificially lower blood pressure with drugs, but that's not treating the underlying cause — which often comes down to things like diet and exercise, «the penicillin of lifestyle medicine.»

It is also important to know that mushrooms fungal extract contains a compound similar to penicillin which inhibits microbial growth and fungal infections.

These nutrients include bone marrow which helps provide the raw materials for healthy blood cells and immune development, supporting a healthy immune system, hence Jewish Penicillin, gut health, joint, bone, tendon, and ligament health, and hair, skin, and nail health.

It is possible that exposure to antibiotics during birth could delay establishment of healthy bacteria in the infant's intestinal tract and allow penicillin - resistant bacteria, many of which are harmful, to become established.

Currently, the use of penicillin during labor may be a case in which the benefits outweigh the risks, depending on your individual risk factors for passing GBS on to your baby.

The receptionist advised me that Maggie received a penicillin injection and a hydromophone HCI injection (pain killer) at the time of her surgery and that is normally sufficient to carry a dogs through the first two days, at which point most dogs don't require anything further.

They designed a plan for blanketing the population with penicillin, which kills the bacteria, at the first sign of sickness.

The veterinarian will either prescribe a tetracycline - based antibiotic or penicillin - based antibiotic drug and your vet will make the call which one is best for your dog.

One toddler who habitually snacked from the cat's bowl of dry food died of an allergic reaction to penicillin, which was found to be in the cat food (Purina Cat Chow) at levels over 600 times the limit allowed in human food products.

Residents of China have some of the highest drug resistance rates in the world, with 42 to 83 percent of healthy people carrying in their bowels «bacteria that produce extended - spectrum beta - lactamases, which create reservoirs of potential pathogens that can destroy penicillin and most of its variants.»

The discovery of penicillin led to significant reductions in syphilis mortality, which, in turn, spurred an increase in non-traditional sex during the mid to late 1950s.