This is an old message that I had saved. In light of the huge number of
people contacting MRSA these days it seems important that we have items on
hand that can be administered quickly in addition to CS.
Paula
> http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article3104663.ece
> <http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article3104663.ece>
> Scientists have discovered a new and highly effective weapon against
> deadly superbugs like the MRSA sweeping through Britain's dirty hospital
> wards – green French muck. The dramatic antibiotic success of agricur, a
> clay made from ancient volcanic ash found near the Massif Central, marks
> it out as a potential rival to penicillin, the wonder drug of the 20th
> century. In experiments, the clay killed up to 99 per cent of superbug
> colonies within 24 hours. Control samples of MRSA (methicillin-
>
> resistant Staphylococcus aureus) grew 45-fold in the same period. The
> clay has a similar effect on other deadly bacteria tested, including
> salmonella, E. coli, and a flesh-eating disease called buruli, a
> relative of leprosy which disfigures children across central and western
> Africa. It has been classed as "an emerging public health threat" by the
> World Health Organization (WHO).
>
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