Exciting drug destroys virulent MRSA
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Researchers at UK’s Destiny Pharma believe they have developed a drug which can destroy the most virulent strains of MRSA. They are testing the drug code named XF-73 in the hope it can be used in hospitals by 2011.
Study results of the new drug, which is applied as a gel into patients’ noses, showed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (MRSA) did not develop resistance to the compound despite being exposed to it 55 times.
Elaine Warburton www.geneticsandhealth.com
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Ed M.
May 20, 2008 at 5:47 pm
I am colonized with mrsa in my ear, nose, throat gums, lips, axilla, hair, groin, sweat, etc. and experimented with the cholesterol lowering drug Lopid, the generic of which is Gemfibrozil, since I have high tryglecerides and LDL.After taking it for three months, I noticed that it is reacting to my mrsa colonization.I thought it would eradicate the mrsa but seems like it cannot do it by itself.I guess it needs the accompaniment of an antibiotic. I think I just have to wait until they invent a new medication based on this findings more than a month ago. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080214144409.htm This is not the same drug that you are talking about, or is it? I also have secondary colonization of klebsiella pneumoniae.
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