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August 12, 2010 Medical Tourism Spreads Superbug To UK | News | Breaking Travel News Send by [email protected] ?The potential of NDM-1 to be a worldwide public health problem is great, and co-ordinated international surveillance is needed,? Timothy Walsh of Cardiff University and his international colleagues wrote. Scientists explained NDM-1 can [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 11, 2010 New Delhi-Metallo-1 Superbug Resistant To Antibiotics Posted by Marianne Puni New super bug could make antibiotics redundant from the UK Telegraph reports on the latest iteration of a bug resistant to all manner of antibiotics. The bug, an enzyme called New Delhi-Metallo-1 (NDM-1), has been found in patients travelling to Asia for cosmetic surgery, cancer treatment and transp [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 13, 2010 Superbug Purportedly From Asia On The Rise In UK & Australia Posted by Marianne Puni British scientists have claimed that a new gene called New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase, or NDM-1 has emerged that makes the bacteria resistant to almost all antibiotics. India has rejected the claim that it is the source of this superbug. Cases have been detected in the UK and Australia and are on [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 13, 2010 Superbugs, NDM 1 Lactamase, Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Facts Posted by Marianne Puni New superbugs or antibiotic-resistant enterics (from India, Pakistan and the UK) can infect patients, inactivate antibiotics, and kill patients. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 12, 2010 Scientists Find New Superbug Spreading From India Posted by Marianne Puni People who embark on ?health tourism? trips to India and Pakistan to get cheaper medical treatment risk picking up and spreading a new superbug, according to an international team of scientists. The researchers found a new gene called New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase, or NDM-1, in patients in Asia a [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 04, 2010 ESBL Infections Part Of The NDM-1 Debate Posted by Marianne Puni There was no consensus on screening for ESBLs, he added. via Infection control nurses warned of mutant bacteria | News | Nursing Times. E Coli and Klebsiella are two infections already showing NDM-1 mutations. [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 11, 2010 Extremely Drug-Resistant Infections Spreading Fast | Comedicine Blog Posted by Marianne Puni ?If we looked in India a few years ago we would not have seen this. But in three or four years it has gone into 1% to 4% of the [gut] bacteria population in India. That is incredible. It came from nowhere.? NDM Superbugs Spreading Fast? [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 16, 2010 Ndm-1 | World Breaking News Posted by Marianne Puni Authorities have remained tight-lipped about an Alberta patient who recovered from NDM-1, a new drug-resistant superbug.He?s been long since discharged,? said Dr [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 12, 2010 Flooding Kills 1 In Iowa; Hundreds Evacuated - Ansamblu.COM Send by lacea An enzyme called NDM-1 has been found in the UK and is proving resistant to most antibiotics. Related Youtube.com Video on "superbug NDM-1" (Create Automatically) [...] Devastated father pays tribute to dead children [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 12, 2010 Pure, Weapons-grade Balonium. - It's Super! Send by Random Q. Bursitis NDM-1 can exist inside different bacteria, like E.coli, and it makes them resistant to one of the most powerful groups of antibiotics - carbapenems. These are generally reserved for use in emergencies and to combat hard-to-treat [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 11, 2010 Out Of The World Savings Send by NDM1 One of the biggest expenses in a trip to Walt Disney World is your resort room.* Fortunately, it's also the area where you have the most control over how much you pay.* This makes it especially important to try to save as much as you [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 04, 2010 Getting To Zero: NDM-1 Found In Massachusetts Send by Eileen Back in August, NDM-1 bacteria made national news when it was discovered in Europe and many predicted that it will spread to the rest of the world. Yesterday, I read on Boston Globe's online portal that a case of NDM-1 had been found in [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

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