Posted on 08/13/2010 10:31:40 AM PDT by TaraP
A new "superbug" that originated in South Asia, has claimed the life of a Belgian man. It’s the first reported death from the drug-resistant bacteria, Agence France-Presses reported.
The man became infected while he was being treated at a hospital in Pakistan.
"He was involved in a car accident during a trip to Pakistan,” Denis Pierard, a microbiologist from AZ VUB hospital in Brussels, where the man had been treated since June, told Belgian media. "He was hospitalized with a major leg injury."
Pierard said the man then returned to Belgium, but he was already infected. Doctors administered a powerful antibiotic, but it was no help, and the patient died.
Researchers said on Wednesday they had found a new gene called New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase, or NDM-1, in patients in South Asia and in Britain.
NDM-1 makes bacteria highly resistant to almost all antibiotics, including the most powerful class called carbapenems, and experts say there are no new drugs on the horizon to tackle it
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Also from Brebiart.
A drug-resistant “superbug” has infected three Australians who travelled to India, an expert said on Friday, reinforcing fears it could spread worldwide after hitting dozens of people from Britain.
Professor Peter Collignon, Canberra Hospital’s head of infectious diseases, said the cases — including one patient who had plastic surgery in Mumbai — were just the “tip of the iceberg”.
“There may well be more because it’s difficult to pick up this particular gene unless you’ve got sophisticated testing,” Collignon told AFP.
British scientists sparked an angry response from India when they said “medical tourists” were among 37 people who were found to be carrying bacteria with the New Delhi metallo-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) gene.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.51034a1efb4f033aafa46ae68ed7bb73.321&show_article=1
Especially with socialized medicine...
Antibiotics abuse is what causes Superbugs to evolve from their less potent forms.
This used to be a common feature in the hospitals of developed nations, but now seems to be arising from elsewhere, too.
Prepare to hear our federal governments efforts to immunize Americans via scare tactics.
Ah, the latest “We’re all gonna die” story from the Chicken Little morons in the media...
What could we possibly tax
Do we quit drinking smoothies now?
Sonic is not going to like this at all.
Who knows...
We are being poisoned by the Lefty loonies in charge of this country in every way possible....
hm... I read whole article and didn’t see anything about smmothies or typhoid...
He was “involved in a car accident on a trip to Pakistan”? Was he driving TO Pakistan or already there when the accident occured?
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