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Originally Posted by asylumdown
Perhaps my post had more of a confrontational tone in reading than it did in my head while typing, but the statement that protozoans develop resistance in a different manner from bacteria is false.
Case in point: malaria is caused by a Protozoa with a lengthy and complex life cycle. Chloroquine resistance appeared in it independently on 3 different continents in the 1950s. It's practically useless as a malaria medication across broad swaths of the tropics today. By numbers and area, resistance to chloroquine is one of the largest single losses of a useful drug in history.
There's no reason to believe C. irritans protozoans won't exhibit the same degree of adaptability.
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I would say that has a lot more to do with the drug than with the protozoa. Chloroquine has been shown to cause
antibiotic resistance in exposed bacteria. So, you may be right that it (and other first generation antimalarials) could cause resistance in C. irritans. But protozoa and bacteria do not develop resistance in the same way, plain and simple. And despite some 'resistance' developed by
plasmodium, floroquinolones are still used in treating malaria, so I wouldn't say they are 'practically useless'.
Anyway, we can get back on topic. I'd like to hear from people who've used this food.