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Surging rates of antibiotic resistance have kindled interest in all possible treatment alternatives, even those from centuries past. Honey has a folk reputation as a microbicide, and a small repository of literature backs its effectiveness (and that of granulated sugar) for treating infected wounds.
Researchers in the Netherlands, with government and industry support, investigated the antimicrobial properties of a “medical-grade” honey, which is produced by bees in closed greenhouses. In in vitro studies of bactericidal activity, a 40% solution of honey reproducibly killed all bacterial isolates tested, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant Escherichia faecium, and multidrug-resistant gram-negative rods.…