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Post by sammy on Mar 12, 2010 18:18:00 GMT -5
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Post by bannanny on Mar 12, 2010 19:34:23 GMT -5
"Nearly all of the children in our study who suffered from chronic otitis media tested positive for biofilms in the middle ear, even those who were asymptomatic. It appears that in many cases recurrent disease stems not from re-infection as was previously thought and which forms the basis for conventional treatment, but from a persistent biofilm," Ehrlich said.
"Given that bacteria living in biofilms are metabolically resistant to antibiotics, this study makes a definitive, scientifically-based statement against the use of these drugs to treat children with chronic ear infections. It simply does not help the child and increases the risk of breeding more resistant strains of bacteria," he said.
Gee, they're finally starting to understand.
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vasue
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Post by vasue on Mar 12, 2010 20:04:00 GMT -5
"Dr. Post said future therapies may be medical, technological or biological in nature, including the use of probiotics - an approach in which children are deliberately populated - but not infected - with good bacteria that prevent the formation of biofilms. In an ongoing study at the University of Florida, researchers are inoculating children against cavities using a bacteria that sets up house in their teeth where plaque biofilms usually grow.
"The idea with chronic middle ear infections would be to engineer a bacteria that could occupy the nasopharynx but not cause recurring infection," Dr. Post said."
Innoculating children with a bacteria to prevent cavities? Engineering a bacteria to populate membranes? The ability to bio-engineer seems to be hand-in-hand with the willingness to employ it "experimentally" - in children.
I believe Morgellons, among others, is a result of such curious experimentation & because they can doesn't mean they should. Researchers just figured out antibiotics are ineffective with biofilms? Yikes. Seems to me the cart is way in front of the horse.
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Post by bannanny on Mar 13, 2010 17:54:23 GMT -5
Very well said vasue. Just keeps gettin more and more ridiculous every day. It really makes my heart hurt when I read stuff like this. I wish we could stop it all from happening but I'm afraid it's only gonna get worse.
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