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MRSA (Methecillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) MRSA causes an estimated 2,000 deaths in UK hospitals each year. A compound extracted from garlic is effective against even the most antibiotic-resistant strains of MRSA, the killer ‘hospital superbug’, and can cure patients with MRSA-infected wounds within weeks, according to new research by microbiologist Dr Ron Cutler of the University of East London (UEL). According to University of East London researchers found, allicin treated even the most antibiotic-resistant strains of the infection. Researchers are now testing allicin products in a six-month study. Dr Ron Cutler and his team discovered the effectiveness of allicin in laboratory tests five years ago. They found it can cure MRSA within weeks. It is even effective against the newer strains which cannot be treated by the "last line of defence" antibiotics Vancomycin and Glycopeptides. |
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