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Staphylococcus Aureus Strains Exhibit Exclusivity In Regards To It’S Toxin Prevalence, Especially With Toxins Responsible For Food Poisoning And Necrotizing Pneumonia, Malia Braiedy, Taylor Mach, Amanda Brosnahan
Staphylococcus Aureus Strains Exhibit Exclusivity In Regards To It’S Toxin Prevalence, Especially With Toxins Responsible For Food Poisoning And Necrotizing Pneumonia, Malia Braiedy, Taylor Mach, Amanda Brosnahan
Research and Scholarship Symposium Posters
Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria that can exist asymptomatically, but can be dangerous due to it’s individual toxin profile. These various toxins, however, seem to be mutually exclusive from another in some cases. Samples of S. aureus often have superantigen SELX and some samples have Staphylococcal Enterotoxin (SE) A, B, or C. Through the use of Airtable and various methods of data organization and comparison on the strains we’ve collected on campus, we found that SELX exhibits an inverse relationship with SE- A/B/C, and that SE- A/B/C also exhibits exclusivity between the three toxins. Through thorough research on S. aureus, …
The Dangers Of Dengue Fever, Katherine Yungazaca, Jayleen Pena, Connor Nicolay, Lexine Swaray
The Dangers Of Dengue Fever, Katherine Yungazaca, Jayleen Pena, Connor Nicolay, Lexine Swaray
Research and Scholarship Symposium Posters
Dengue Fever or also known as breakbone fever is a viral infection that is spread from mosquitoes to people. The first isolation of Dengue Fever was in 1943 Japan and 1945 in Hawaii, the first two dengue viruses were isolated and named DENV1 and DENV2. There are 4 variations of Dengue, DENV 1-4. Each year there are about 50 million dengue infections and of those about 500,000 individuals are hospitalized with hemorrhagic dengue fever. It is estimated that 2.5 billion people are at risk of contracting dengue, Brazil is among the countries most affected by this terrible viral disease, with …
Acinetobacter Baumannii - The Perfect Pathogen, Jesse Guzik, Myrna Rezcallah, Alexcia Zeller, Kaite Mattson
Acinetobacter Baumannii - The Perfect Pathogen, Jesse Guzik, Myrna Rezcallah, Alexcia Zeller, Kaite Mattson
Research and Scholarship Symposium Posters
Acinetobacter was discovered in 1911 by Martinus Beijerinck. Acinetobacter baumannii didn't receive its scientific name until 1986. A. baumannii is now commonly referred to as "Iraqibacter" due to a rise in infections among US military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. After the Iraq War began in 2003, the frequency of cases began to rise, especially among patients in intensive care units. Patients using ventilators, catheters, have postoperative wounds, stay in the hospital for an extended period of time, or are immunocompromised are at a considerably higher risk of getting A. baumannii. Because of its large number of virulence …