http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/hth/tea_tree.asp
Sorry I am HTML challenged. Cut and paste works. Tea tree oil is used extensively in Australia and the Islands. MRSA there is practically unheard of there. I have suggested to both local hospitals that they establish MRSA isolation wards and that ALL cases suspected of being MRSA get immedaitely screened and isolated. Their response leads me to beleive that they are more greedy than scareed.
I also have a hunch that if ALL the case history of MRSA was correlated there is some lifestyle or personal hygene issues. No data casue it just isn't there but a theory.
"I also have a hunch that if ALL the case history of MRSA was correlated
there is some lifestyle or personal hygene issues. "
MRSA does seem to prosper anyplace where people are in close quarters
for prolonged periods of times. I read that the Los Angeles jail was
an outbreak site.
And I can't remember his name but one of the players on The Washington
Redskins also got MRSA and was at least out-of-commission for at
least a year.
Virulent staph germ once confined to hospitals emerging in jails, gyms and schools
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1586689/posts
"The newspaper headline, which states that tea tree oil can 'wipe out' the hospital superbug did not reflect either the newspaper or research articles, both of which reported eradication rates of just 41% for tea tree preparations."
The above passage is from the link that you gave me.
MRSA is a serious bacterial problem, and 41% effectiveness isn't going to do much to keep from spreading.
MRSA isolation is not practical as a large percentage of people have it on their skin at any time. Each person that enters the hospital presents another potential exposure. This is why hospitals are so concerned.
MRSA infections are more prevalent in hospitals because people there are sick, which can compromise the immune system, or they have had injuries or surgery, which give the bacteria a route into the body.
As for your theory about hygeine or lifestyle, I disagree. They are finding MRSA in many places that you would not expect it. Locker rooms and fitness clubs are breeding grounds. Schools and playground equipment too. It is far more common than you seem to think. You might even have it yourself.
"The research article is a very poorly reported trial that provides limited evidence
Even the article didn't conclude what you say it does.
And your gibe about generating business for hospitals is so off the wall and so insulting, not only to medical care workers, but to the people who read the comment, that you should be ashamed.
ROFLOL!!!
Most MRSA cases are hospital acquired..And infect the chronically ill, aged, or immuno-suppressed pt.
Forget your "theory".