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The regular consumption of salicylic acid, or its consumption in higher doses, could unexpectedly promote and prolong bacterial colonization, as shown by a joint study conducted by Monika Ehling-Schulz's group from the Institute of Microbiology, Vetmeduni Vienna, together with the research group of Fernanda Buzzola from the University of Buenos Aires. The research stays were in part funded by the Mobility Programme for Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Austria and Argentina.
Iron is an important trace element for the human body and plays an essential role in blood formation. The metabolism of many bacteria, including S. aureus, also depends on the availability of iron molecules. Salicylic acid forms complexes with iron ions in the blood and so deprives not only us but also the staphylococcal bacteria of this element. S. aureus modifies its metabolism if it obtains no or only insufficient iron. The microorganism reacts to the changed -- from its perspective, negative -- conditions through the intensified formation of a biofilm, a sort of layer of slime formed by the aggregation of individual bacteria, as Tom Grunert of the Institute for Microbiology at Vetmeduni Vienna explains. The accelerated biofilm production allows the bacteria to survive for an even longer period under unfavourable living conditions.
This increased biofilm formation is promoted by the regular or increased consumption of salicylic acid. As pain relief medication, this compound is usually not taken regularly. However, it also is a component of anti-acne preparations and certain exfoliate products, which are often used for a longer period of time. Since salicylic acid is found in fruits and vegetables, people who follow a mostly vegetarian diet might also affected. "These people consume a small dose of the substance virtually every day," says Grunert. The use of certain medications further increases the iron limitation. Taken orally, salicylic acid enters the blood circulation and forms there complexes with the iron ions.
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(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 05 2017, @05:18AM
Just keep taking the aspirin and try to crowd out the s. aureus with various other bacteria that are helpful or benign.
This whole ridiculousness of blaming bacteria because doctors don't understand infectious disease needs to stop before more people die. MRSA wouldn't even be a thing if doctors weren't so reckless and incompetent when it comes to the use of antibiotics. Always use the narrowest band antibiotics that you can if you really need the treatment. And try to be as nice as possible to the bacteria you need or don't mind otherwise you wind up with all sorts of bad infections and illnesses.
My health improved markedly when I stopped getting treated with pointless antibiotics for things that weren't even bacterial in nature.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 05 2017, @07:03AM
Second that. I really messed up my gut floras and faunas with some needless antibiotics a couple of years ago. It was about a year before things were working right down there again. You know - poo's the wrong color, terrible smell, wrong consistency, that kind of thing.
I was seriously considering some fecal transplant via enema from someone healthy. As repulsive as that sounds.
I still have that bottle of pills, but so far, all I have done with them is make poultices for sores that don't seem to heal right.