Posted on 05/14/2013 9:45:39 PM PDT by neverdem
Known for its painful skin infections as much as its namesake resistance to methicillin, MRSA is a scary germ in a world where old antibiotics don't always work. But now, researchers have managed to make MRSA sensitive to methicillin again by pairing the drug with a protein complex first discovered in breast milk. In a paper published today in PLOS ONE, the researchers show that the complex, known as HAMLET (for human alpha-lactalbumin made lethal to tumor cells—it's multitalented) helped methicillin kill MRSA in the noses of mice at a dose of 10 micrograms, while the antibiotic alone was ineffective even at 10 times that level. HAMLET also makes ordinary bacteria more sensitive to antibiotics, so that only a fraction of the drug is needed. This image shows a healthy Streptococcus pneumoniae bacterial cell (left) next to one blasted apart with HAMLET's help (right). Bacteria seem to have a tough time developing resistance to HAMLET, and the complex doesn't have toxic side effects because therapeutic doses are no more than what a baby would drink in milk. That means a HAMLET-and-antibiotic cocktail could be the next approach for scary superbugs.
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See Angelina, I told you it was a bad idea.
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oil of oregano will kill mrsa.
Ingested or topically applied?
topically. wouldn’t hurt internally either. i would also suggest looking up a product called allicin-c. in one capsule it has the amount of allicin that 32 cloves of garlic, contain.
Garlic juice, and honey are both anti bacterial. Have you ever seen and orange get green mold? That is basic penicillin. I have rubbed the mold on small slightly infected cuts or scratches and they heal right up. Keep that in mind if civilization goes belly up. The fact that the orange is acidic keeps toxic molds from growing.
if you can get manuka honey, that is the best honey. they have lab tested it, and every bacteria they put on it, dies.
clove oil is also extremely useful antibacterial.
Do you actually know anyone who has been officially diagnosed with MRSA and then used this, as a stand alone treatment to get rid of a MRSA infection?
Reason I asked...once they discover you have MRSA (it has to be cultured to identify the bacteria and what meds it's sensitive to especially if it's caught in a hospital), you get a private room :), and are assigned to an infectious disease doctor, then antibiotics are ordered.
It's not really a matter of choice, as the antibiotics are IV, in the hospital, and IV for 6 weeks with a pic line, doing at home infusions.
Wondered how the MRSA patient does the oil of oregano? You'd have to dismiss your doctors, or more than likely, your doctors would dismiss you as a patient citing (AMO) for not following their advice with a "bug" that can kill you. MRSA isn't something I'd like to experiment on to see if the oil of oregano works.
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