One of the perils of working in gardens in the summers is the omni-present poison ivy. Some people are fortunate enough to be completely immune to it. Others of us are not so fortunate. And no matter how careful I seem to be, two years in a row now, I have gotten a nasty case ...
There are many different classes of antibiotics each exerting a different type of inhibitory effect that specifically impact bacteria. Bacterial cells are prokaryotic; primitive cells that differ significantly from humans’ eukaryotic cells. Antibiotic cephalosporins work by inhibiting the synthesis of the bacteria cell wall. Each article in this series covers a specific class of antibiotic ...
A 37-year-old man presented to the office with a painful, swollen scrotum. He reported that he had always had the impression that his genitalia were smaller than desired, and as a result he had searched the Internet for a solution. He found a web site that supplied him with a “scrotal inflation kit” consisting of ...
It was horrible timing. But getting sick never has a good, let alone perfect time. But this was bad. My husband and I have completely opposite days off. My company closes the week that my husband’s firm won’t allow anyone extra time off. But-he had three days plus a holiday so we made reservations to ...
An antibiotic is a substance or compound that kills or inhibits the growth of bacteria. Antibiotics can be broadly classified as either bactericidal or bacteriostatic. Bactericidals kill bacteria directly where bacteriostatics prevent cell division. Antibiotics which target the bacterial cell wall (penicillins, cephalosporins), or cell membrane (polymixins), or interfere with essential bacterial enzymes (quinolones, fluroquinolone) ...
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