Salicylic acid, a widespread ingredient in pain relief medications, promotes nasal mucosa colonization
Friday, February 3, 2017 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
An international research team has now shown that this multifaceted compound can also have an unpleasant side effect. Salicylic acid forms complexes with iron and lab tests showed that the iron limitation strongly promotes formation of biofilms by Staphylococcus aureus. This allows the bacteria to survive and persist in our respiratory tract for longer periods of time which eventually trigger life-threatening infections in immunocompromised persons.