<http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081027/hl_afp/ushealthinfectionmrsa_081027025248;_ylt=AmFTdM4XBVy_U69YnkZHzOms0NUE> >US pharmaceutical Paratek said on Sunday a new class of antibiotic it >has developed called PTK 0896 was 98 percent efficient in countering >MRSA -- 5.0 percent more efficient than rival Pfizer's Zyvox drug -- >according to its phase ii clinical trial on 234 patients, >Switzerland's bio-pharmaceutical company Arpida said its Iclaprim >drug administered intravenously was able to cure MRSA infection in >92.3 percent of patients. No idea if either will be safe for members of Carnivora Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 6137]
