Surprise with this close material can resist antibiotic resistant bacteria

The findings of American experts recently opened a new research direction on healing related to materials - clay.

Clay is an element that people today use for many purposes such as construction products, pottery, and cosmetics . But you've never believed that clay can cure diseases. not yet

Known in the past in some cultures, wet clay or mud is used as a method of treating skin diseases or making poultices .

And a recent study by scientists from Mayo Hospital in Rochester, USA, found that there exists a clay that is resistant to pathogenic bacteria in wounds, including some types of .

There is a clay that is resistant to pathogenic bacteria.

Dr Robin Patel, a clinical microbiologist and infectious disease specialist at Mayo Hospital in Rochester, Minn., Said: "We have proven that this iron-containing clay can defeat some strains. Bacteria in laboratory conditions used, including bacteria grown in biofilms, are considered to be particularly difficult to treat. "

The research author emphasized in the press release of Mayo Hospital. Accordingly, biofilms are the phenomenon of bacteria developing a protective film or coating that increases resistance to antibiotics. This phenomenon occurs in 2/3 of the number of infections.

At the same time, Enriqueta Barrera, the Earth Science Foundation's program director for Earth Science, funded the research, said: "This discovery is an important advance in understanding clay better. especially the green clay from Oregon, which has proven its healing properties when applied to the location of pathogenic bacteria.

Still, the authors recommend that these findings are preliminary. More research is needed to prove and clarify the problem. Therefore, experts warn, you should not test clay on the wound immediately and not all types of clay are beneficial. Because some types of clay can help bacteria grow stronger.