Fascinating that hand washing increased staph in your experiment.  Was that
bars of soap used or liquid from squirt bottle?

> What is milk doing in this situation?  Reducing or increasing
staphylococcol
> growth?
Lawrence, 2nd ed. p. 170, says the macrophages in br milk kill s. aureus.
Ref is a 1984 study by May and another by Pickering.  Sincerely, Pat in SNJ

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