[MR] Fight to be Clean?

[thurman]

Here's the quote from an article in the March 2002 issue of "Redbook"
called 
"The New Germ Fighter" by Janet Bailey...

"And you thought sweat was dirty.
Turns out it contains a germ fighter that may protect against
infection.  
German researchers have identified a protein, dermcidin, that is 
manufactured only in the sweat glands.  Test-tube experiments found that 
dermcidin kills a variety of bateria, including E.coli, E.faecalis, and 
Staphyloccus aureus, which can infect skin wounds, as well as Candida 
albicans, a fungus that can cause thrush.  Sweat carries the protein to
the 
skin's surface to guard against invading organizms.  Remember this the
next 
time you can't find time to hop in the shower."   

torfin