Green Tea Aids Antibiotics in Defeating Superbug Infections
A simple beverage enjoyed by people in many cultures throughout the world may make antibiotic medications three times more effective against dangerous superbugs like MRSA and Clostridium Difficile. Egyptian pharmacy researchers recently found that drinking green tea bolsters the antibacterial impact of many types of antibiotics, enhancing their ability to kill even virulent bacteria studied.
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Hospital in Hot Springs, Arkansas Quarantines ICU Due to Superbug Outbreak
An antibiotic-resistant microbe known as acinetobacter has infected six patients at St. Joseph’s Mercy Health Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Four of those infected are patients in the Intensive Care Unit.
Doctors observed an “unusual cluster” of acinetobacter infections in the ICU, and instituted a quarantine at 9:30 p.m. on November 1, 2007, Fox News [...]
Geologists Suggest Dirt as Treatment for MRSA and Other Superbugs
Wash your hands and practice good hygiene. Avoid getting wounds dirty. That’s the usual medical advice on how to avoid staph infections. But new research suggests that treating wounds with a particular type of French clay creates a toxic environment for superbugs like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and the flesh-eating bacteria Mycobacterium [...]