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Current treatment strategies are ineffective and new approaches to combat infections are imperative. The antimicrobial potential of Manuka honey has been recently demonstrated to be effective against\n                    <jats:italic>M. abscessus,<\/jats:italic>\n                    but the potential to improve its efficacy as well as reduce demand on a natural resource have not yet been explored. The development of medical honey paves the way for generation of a synthetic honey, but this information is largely hidden behind patents and also not explored from a synergist perspective of combined activity of MGO, H\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    O\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    and defensin-1. 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