Comments on: Superbugs and your pet: On the rise http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/05/27/superbugs-and-your-pet-on-the-rise/ The Web blog of the Pet Connection, a pet-care feature syndicated internationally by Universal Press. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:59:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sally Santeford http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/05/27/superbugs-and-your-pet-on-the-rise/#comment-303917 Sally Santeford Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:21:59 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=2522#comment-303917 I'm curious to know if anyone has looked at the synergistic relationship between staph and C. albicans which was described by Eunice Carlson in connection with Toxic Shock Syndrome. There seems to be a similar action in the MRSI, and C. albicans is so common in dogs anymore that many consider it "normal" - which it clearly isn't. I’m curious to know if anyone has looked at the synergistic relationship between staph and C. albicans which was described by Eunice Carlson in connection with Toxic Shock Syndrome. There seems to be a similar action in the MRSI, and C. albicans is so common in dogs anymore that many consider it “normal” - which it clearly isn’t.

]]> By: Susan Fox http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/05/27/superbugs-and-your-pet-on-the-rise/#comment-277350 Susan Fox Wed, 28 May 2008 03:07:09 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=2522#comment-277350 The June issue of National Geographic has a one page blurb about the revival of the topical medicinal use of honey and not just any honey. The kind with the most antibacterial properties comes from manuka trees, which grow in New Zealand. Apparently hospitals in Asia and Europe have been using bandages infused with it for a number of years now in their wound and burn centers. I tried to find the page on the web to post a link, but it seems to only be in the hard copy. The June issue of National Geographic has a one page blurb about the revival of the topical medicinal use of honey and not just any honey. The kind with the most antibacterial properties comes from manuka trees, which grow in New Zealand.
Apparently hospitals in Asia and Europe have been using bandages infused with it for a number of years now in their wound and burn centers. I tried to find the page on the web to post a link, but it seems to only be in the hard copy.

]]> By: Bernard J. (Bernie) Starzewski http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/05/27/superbugs-and-your-pet-on-the-rise/#comment-277342 Bernard J. (Bernie) Starzewski Wed, 28 May 2008 02:49:12 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=2522#comment-277342 As long as docs, animal and human insist on troweling on the antibiotics as the first - and usually only - course of treatment the situation is only going to get worse. With older, more practical and ultimately more effective vets aging out and a new generation trained in the new religion of miracle drugs the situation will only get worse too. Certainly, no one wants to go back to the days when a scratch could kill you or your dog but when a vets first reaction to a skin infection is systemic (pills or shots) anti-biotics then we have to start taking a long hard look at what vets are learning and whether we make the right assumptions in selecting a vet as well. New is not necessarily better. Its just new. As well as untested. As long as docs, animal and human insist on troweling on the antibiotics as the first - and usually only - course of treatment the situation is only going to get worse.

With older, more practical and ultimately more effective vets aging out and a new generation trained in the new religion of miracle drugs the situation will only get worse too.

Certainly, no one wants to go back to the days when a scratch could kill you or your dog but when a vets first reaction to a skin infection is systemic (pills or shots) anti-biotics then we have to start taking a long hard look at what vets are learning and whether we make the right assumptions in selecting a vet as well.

New is not necessarily better. Its just new. As well as untested.

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