Emerging Trends - Antibiotics
Throughout history, the human race has sought to cure diseases. Many methods have been attempted, some good and some bad. But, by far, nothing compares to the wonder drug: antibiotics. History repeats itself. Because of this fact, the history of bacterial infections and antibiotics is important. The term antibiotics are derived from the Greek words anti and bios, which mean against life. Antibiotics are derived from living organisms, usually bacteria or molds that kill microorganisms or inhibit their growth (Antibiotics, encarta). The use of molds to help cure infections has been used for thousands of years. The medical records from Egypt, Mesopotamia, and China note this fact. Some of these records date back to 1500 BC. Crude plant extracts, as well as, cheese mold was used for topical treatments for infections (Antibiotics, encarta). William Roberts observed, in 1874, a form of bacteria immunity. He noticed that the mold Penicillium glaucum was immune to bacteria infection. A few years later, Louis Pasteur and Jules Francois Joubert noted that anthrax bacilli failed to grow if cultures became contaminated with airborne molds (Antibiotics, encarta). However, Sir Alexander Fleming made, by far, the
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Approximate Pages = 16 (250 words per page double spaced)
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