Old Irish “Dirt Cure” DESTROYS Superbugs
Antibiotic resistance is quite possibly the biggest health crisis we’ll face in our lifetime.
The most recent statistics put deaths from antibiotic resistant “superbugs” at around 150,000 people a year.
If these numbers are accurate, it would put superbugs as the third leading cause of death… following closely behind only heart disease and cancer.
Scientists are searching high and low for a solution.
And researchers from the UK might have found it… buried in the fields of Ireland.
Soil from the grasslands in the Boho Highlands of Northern Ireland was used by ancient healers to treat everything from toothaches to throat infections.
Now, this same soil might be able to tackle one of the biggest health threats of modern day: antibiotic resistance.
This special dirt contains a newly discovered strain of bacteria called Streptomyces sp. Myrophorea.
This bacterium that has been shown to be effective against FOUR of the six of most dangerous superbugs responsible for antibiotic-resistant infections.
These six species of pathogens are known by the acronym ESKAPE, which stands for: Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and species belonging to the Enterobacter genus.
The Irish dirt bacteria was able to stop the growth of four of these dangerous pathogens:
- Vancomycin-resistant E. faecium (VRE)
- Klebsiella pneumonia
- Carbapenem-resistant A. baumanii
- And the most notorious of them all… MRSA (Methicillin-resistant S. aureus).
This is a major step forward in the fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
To a brighter day,
Dr. Richard Gerhauser, M.D.
