Could Honey, an Ancient Remedy, Make a Comeback in Contemporary Wound Care?

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Could Honey, an Ancient Remedy, Make a Comeback in Contemporary Wound

Care?

 

By Eric Frederick Trump, The Washington Post, 8/7/2007

 

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…Manuka has also attracted attention because, in an era when the

efficacy of pharmaceutical antibiotics is under threat, it has shown

some promise in the treatment of wounds infected with especially

challenging bacteria, such as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus

aureus (MRSA), the superbug whose incidence increased 32-fold in U.S.

hospitals between 1976 and 2003, according to the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention.

 

 

 

Manuka dressings have been in use for some time in Great Britain and

Australia as well as in New Zealand; earlier this year they were cleared

for use as an antimicrobial dressing in Canada; and last month the Food

and Drug Administration cleared them for use in wound and burn care --

though not as an antimicrobial drug -- making them the first honey-based

products cleared for medical use in the United States…