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Honey Should be 'First Choice' for Wound Dressings
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Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:01:30 -0700
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Honey Should be 'First Choice' for Wound Dressings

Fighting Super Bugs with Honey
Committee for the Promotion of Honey and Health, Inc
Newsletter, February 2008, Volume 1. Issue 1. Page 3
http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/02/honey-should-be-first-choice-for-wound.html 

In her presentation entitled "The Grossly Underutilized Anti-microbial", Dr. Shona Blair from the University of Sydney, Australia, gave to honey the therapeutic challenge presented by "problematic pathogens" including several antibiotic resistant micro-organisms; 60 species of anaerobes; fungi (Candida and Tinea); and biofilms (microorganisms that secrete a slimy protective coating that makes them resistant to antibiotics)...

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