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Assalamualaikum WBT and Hello. Today, I will share with you about what I had learned during the first year in microbiology and a little bit of my experience when I had been infected with sporotrichosis disease.

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At first, I thought this course was quite boring since I'm not into the microbial world x.x This course had made my world upside down with the extraordinary assignments, 3MT, Pecha Kucha and The Awesome Microbe Carnival. Haha. I was kind of shocked since we were only first year students, but we had to do a lot of things in a year. I was like OMG, Seriously... but yeah that's the truth, believe it or not.

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But then, I had realized that this course had taught me a lot of new things. Thanks to Dr. Wan and Dr. Irwan, I had been given this opportunity to explore the amazing and awesome microbial world. I had gained more knowledge about the microbial interaction, groups, habitat, nutrition, metabolism and the application of microbes. During the 3MT, I adopt Deinococcus radiodurans as my microb e.

Thanks to the 3MT, now I realize that microbes also benefit us instead of bringing danger to the world. Before this, I thought microbes are bad because microbes are pathogenic and cause some deadly infectious diseases that may cause harm or death to people around the world. However, after I had finished my first year, I know that microbes are not that bad since some of them can cure the deadly diseases.

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Apart from that, I chose Bacillus subtilis for Pecha Kucha. Here is some information about the microbe.

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Okay, now I will share with you about sporotrichosis. I had been infected with this disease during the final exam. At that time, I thought it was an insect bite. So, I am just being cool about that. But then, the infection was getting bigger day by day. So, I went to the nearby clinic. The doctor said it was nothing serious. It does not dangerous. After two weeks, I felt that the infection was getting worse. So, I went to another clinic which is Policlinic Shaik. The doctor said it was a bacterial infection, which is known as an abscess. I was like, OMG, the abscess.. I know that. I had learnt that. When the doctor explained about the gram-positive bacterium, staph infection and so on, I felt so excited like a kid got a candy. Hahaha.

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But then again, the abscess did not heal like the doctor expected it to be. So, she suggested me to go to the specialist. From this moment, I had started to wonder whether I had sporotrichosis disease since I had to take care of my 3 cats that had been infected with sporotrichosis.

1. Blackie

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Grey

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But, I was too scared to think that I had that disease, so I just let it be. Hahaha. Then, I continued my journey to DEMC. There, I met Dr. Zalani and consulted him regarding my disease. After I ate the medicine that he gave me, this stubborn abscess did not heal. Then, he suggested me to see the dermatologist which is Dr. Aziah. The doctor just took a peek and then she asked, " Do you have cats?". I was like, ahh... seriously...? Impossible...

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She said I had sporotrichosis. It was a fungal infection. Then, all the negative things started to haunt my mind. From that moment, I felt like my world was so dark. It's hard to breathe. I felt so down and panicked.

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However, Dr. Aziah and the attending nurses were so funny and friendly. They calmed me down. Then, she gave me an assignment regarding my disease. She said, " Search and study about sporotrichosis since you are a microbiology student. I will ask you questions about this next time". Then, I gained so much knowledge about Sporothrix s chenckii.

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Sporothrix schenkii

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Since I've got the correct medicine as well as the treatment, I'm getting better now. Here is some info about sporotrichosis.

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Sporotrichosis is an infection caused by a fungus known as Sporothrix schenckii. Outbreaks of sporotrichosis have been documented in the United States, Western Australia, and Brazil. The exact incidence of sporotrichosis is unknown, but people at increased risk for sporotrichosis usually have occupational or recreational exposures related to agriculture, horticulture, forestry, or gardening.