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What is the main role of commensal bacteria in the body?
What is the main role of commensal bacteria in the body?
What is the significance of pathogenic bacteria?
What is the significance of pathogenic bacteria?
Who was Ignaz Semmelweis and why was he significant?
Who was Ignaz Semmelweis and why was he significant?
Where can bacteria be found in the environment according to the text?
Where can bacteria be found in the environment according to the text?
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What did Alexander Fleming accidentally discover in 1928?
What did Alexander Fleming accidentally discover in 1928?
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What do Sulfa Drugs do to bacteria?
What do Sulfa Drugs do to bacteria?
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How do penicillin's antibacterial effects work?
How do penicillin's antibacterial effects work?
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What is a notable superbug that is resistant to virtually any antibiotic available?
What is a notable superbug that is resistant to virtually any antibiotic available?
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What is a growing concern due to causing thousands of deaths?
What is a growing concern due to causing thousands of deaths?
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What do all antibiotics work by inhibiting?
What do all antibiotics work by inhibiting?
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What do antibiotics not work against?
What do antibiotics not work against?
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What do antibiotics destroy in addition to harmful bacteria?
What do antibiotics destroy in addition to harmful bacteria?
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What did Koch and Ehrlich develop as a 'magic bullet' for syphilis?
What did Koch and Ehrlich develop as a 'magic bullet' for syphilis?
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What did Gerhard Domagk develop in 1935?
What did Gerhard Domagk develop in 1935?
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What can resistant bacteria transfer to other bacteria?
What can resistant bacteria transfer to other bacteria?
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What do Sulfa Drugs prevent in bacteria?
What do Sulfa Drugs prevent in bacteria?
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Who reduced the mortality rate of childbed fever to less than 1%?
Who reduced the mortality rate of childbed fever to less than 1%?
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Who demonstrated the link between microbes and disease?
Who demonstrated the link between microbes and disease?
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Who proved that anthrax was caused by bacteria?
Who proved that anthrax was caused by bacteria?
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What led to saving the silk industry from a mystery disease in silkworms?
What led to saving the silk industry from a mystery disease in silkworms?
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Who contributed to the development of the first antibiotic, 'Salvarsan'?
Who contributed to the development of the first antibiotic, 'Salvarsan'?
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What is the cause of syphilis?
What is the cause of syphilis?
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What is the cause of tuberculosis?
What is the cause of tuberculosis?
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What often led to fever and could be fatal due to the body's inability to function at high temperatures?
What often led to fever and could be fatal due to the body's inability to function at high temperatures?
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What did many people believe diseases were before antibiotics were developed?
What did many people believe diseases were before antibiotics were developed?
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What did Semmelweis advocate for to reduce mortality rate?
What did Semmelweis advocate for to reduce mortality rate?
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What did Louis Pasteur disprove?
What did Louis Pasteur disprove?
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Study Notes
Advancements in Microbiology and Disease Control
- Childbed fever was common in the mid-19th century, resulting in death in about 25% of deliveries at the hospital where Semmelweis worked.
- Semmelweis reduced the mortality rate to less than 1% by advocating for handwashing before doctoring, facing resistance from some doctors.
- Louis Pasteur disproved spontaneous generation and demonstrated the link between microbes and disease, using fermentation techniques and broth experiments.
- Pasteur's identification of microorganisms causing disease led to saving the silk industry from a mystery disease in silkworms.
- Robert Koch proved that anthrax was caused by bacteria through experiments involving mice and blood samples.
- Koch developed a sugar-based gelatin to grow bacteria and contributed to the development of the first antibiotic, "Salvarsan," with Paul Ehrlich.
- Before antibiotics, many people believed diseases were acts of God, such as syphilis being associated with immorality and tuberculosis devastating generations.
- Syphilis, caused by Treponema pallidum, progresses through stages and can lead to dementia and heart failure.
- Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is one of the oldest bacterial diseases, spreading through the air and causing necrosis in the lungs.
- Necrosis caused by diseases like tuberculosis and pneumonia often led to fever, which could be fatal due to the body's inability to function at high temperatures.
- People often died of fever rather than necrosis caused by bacteria due to the body's inability to function at high temperatures.
- Advancements in microbiology and disease control, including the discovery of the link between microbes and disease, the development of antibiotics, and understanding the progression of diseases like syphilis and tuberculosis, have significantly impacted public health.
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Test your knowledge of the advancements in microbiology and disease control with this quiz. Learn about key figures such as Semmelweis, Pasteur, and Koch, and their contributions to understanding the link between microbes and disease, developing antibiotics, and unraveling the progression of diseases like syphilis and tuberculosis.
