Amna Beshir Medani Ahmed
Nile College of Pharmacy, Sudan
Title: Microbial toxinology for safer drug industry
Biography
Biography: Amna Beshir Medani Ahmed
Abstract
This workshop was prepared to elevate the standard of knowledge of toxinology from microbial sources among the medical and paramedical staff who are concerned with the treatment of patients poisoned by natural sources of toxins, classify microbial toxins and relate these classes to certain geographical area. This is to ease diagnosis in case of suspicion, facilitate the availability of antidotes in the appropriate geographical districts in relation to microbial toxin back ground, enhance easy, toxin-specified and economic models of research, connect personnel interested in this field, train them and lead an open access for contact between them. This in turn will ease communication between companies investing in therapy and the medical staff (Toxicology personnels, Emergency room staff, First aid personnel, Lay public in highly endemic areas, Community and public health personnel, Drug biotechnology manufacturers and Other interested segments). This course contains an introduction (1 hour) (History, culturally associated stories and social legends), a classification (1 hour) according to origin and geographical distribution , causes of intoxication due to toxins from microbial origin (2 hour).
