Will Probiotics Replace the Increasingly Ineffective Antibiotics?
there has been a tenfold increase in hospital admissions since 1995. MSRA is now resilient to several of our most powerful standby antibiotics such as penicillin and of course methicillin. We are told that MRSA will also become resistant to the best antibiotics in a very short time. In the past, MRSA affected predominately those that had a weak immunity that had been hospitalized, but today those people considered healthy in the community are being found with increased cases, now being referred to as CA-MRSA. Is there a promising cure or a possible solution? There seems to be a silver lining from all recent efforts. Manuka honey-based dressings seems to be one solution that may be able to stem the runaway increase in the MRSA epidemic. The dressings heal the wounds as well as bacteria’s inability to develop a resistance to Manuka Honey. We are told that most doctors prefer the pharmaceutical approach but because antibiotics are no match for Manuka Honey and there is no choice. We are t