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Medical-grade honey as treatment for udder cleft dermatitis in dairy cows [PDF]

JDS Communications
Udder cleft dermatitis (UCD) is a common inflammatory dermatological condition of the udder skin in dairy cows, localized at the fore udder attachment or between the front udder halves.
Lisa Ekman, Susanna Holmberg, Josef Dahlberg   +2 more
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Medical-Grade Honey as a Potential New Therapy for Bacterial Vaginosis [PDF]

Antibiotics
The prevalence of bacterial vaginosis (BV) among women of reproductive age is 29%. BV arises from a vaginal imbalance marked by reduced levels of lactic acid-producing lactobacilli and an overgrowth of pathogenic anaerobes.
Céline M. J. G. Lardenoije, Senna J. J. M. van Riel, Linsey J. F. Peters, Martine M. L. H. Wassen, Niels A. J. Cremers   +4 more
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The Use of Medical Grade Honey on Infected Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers—A Prospective Case-Control Study [PDF]

Antibiotics, 2023
Non-healing wounds are usually colonised and contaminated by different types of bacteria. An alternative to antibiotic treatment in patients with infected wounds with local signs of inflammation may be medical grade honey (MGH).
Adéla Holubová, Lucie Chlupáčová, Jitka Krocová, Lada Cetlová, Linsey J. F. Peters, Niels A. J. Cremers, Andrea Pokorná   +6 more
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Use of Medical-Grade Honey to Treat Clinically Infected Heel Pressure Ulcers in High-Risk Patients: A Prospective Case Series [PDF]

Antibiotics, 2023
Management of locally infected heel-pressure ulcers (HPUs) remains challenging, and given the increasing occurrence of infections resistant to antibiotic therapy and patients’ unwillingness to surgery, innovative and effective approaches must be ...
Georgios E. Papanikolaou, Georgios Gousios, Niels A. J. Cremers   +2 more
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Divergent polyphenolic modulation of glucose oxidase activity across honey types: Implications for medical-grade honey standardization [PDF]

Current Research in Food Science
Glucose oxidase (GOX)-mediated hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) generation constitutes a critical determinant of honey's antimicrobial efficacy, yet biochemical mechanisms governing botanical-origin-dependent variations remain incompletely elucidated.
Marcela Bucekova, Jana Godocikova, Simona Cigankova, Viktoriia Chirkova, Martin Safranek, Juraj Majtan   +5 more
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Effect of medical-grade honey (L-Mesitran) for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia II: protocol for a multicentre cohort pilot study (HONEY FOR CIN II study) [PDF]

BMJ Open
Introduction High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions are caused by persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (hr-HPV) infections and are subdivided into cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) lesions: CIN II (moderate) and CIN III (severe). Current
S A Morré, Céline M J G Lardenoije, Niels A J Cremers, Jasmijn Prop, Peggy De Vos van Steenwijk, Jordy Mongula   +5 more
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Medical-Grade Honey Enhances the Healing of Caesarean Section Wounds and Is Similarly Effective to Antibiotics Combined with Povidone-Iodine in the Prevention of Infections—A Prospective Cohort Study [PDF]

Antibiotics, 2023
Caesarean sections (CS) are becoming increasingly popular. The antibiotic resistance crisis and relentless risk of infections, especially in developing countries, demand alternative treatment options.
Amadou Bocoum, Senna J. J. M. van Riel, Soumana Oumar Traoré, Elisabeth Florine Ngo Oum II, Youssouf Traoré, Augustin Tioukani Thera, Seydou Fané, Bakary Tientigui Dembele, Niels A. J. Cremers   +8 more
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The impact of wound pH on the antibacterial properties of Medical Grade Honey when applied to bacterial isolates present in common foot and ankle wounds. An in vitro study [PDF]

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2023
Background Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and post‐surgical wound infections are amongst the most troublesome complications of diabetes and following foot and ankle surgery (FAS) respectively. Both have significant psychosocial and financial burden for both
Carla McArdle, Shirley Coyle, Derek Santos   +2 more
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Real-World Experience in the Treatment of Biofilm-Associated Wounds Using Medical-Grade Honey: A Retrospective Case Series [PDF]

Antibiotics
Background/Objectives: Wounds complicated by biofilm formation remain a major challenge in wound management. Medical-grade honey (MGH) possesses potent antimicrobial and biofilm-disrupting properties.
Yun-Nan Lin
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Absence of bacterial resistance to medical-grade manuka honey [PDF]

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2010
Clinical use of honey in the topical treatment of wounds has increased in Europe and North America since licensed wound care products became available in 2004 and 2007, respectively. Honey-resistant bacteria have not been isolated from wounds, but there is a need to investigate whether honey has the potential to select for honey resistance.
Cooper, Rose, Jenkins, L., Henriques, A.F.M., Duggan, R.S., Burton, N.F.   +4 more
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