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| By Samudranil Mukherjee |
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Thursday, August 12, 2010 (16:23:37) |
| Tags : Medical Authorities, India, Superbug |
Doctors play down superbug scare |
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| New Delhi, Aug 12: Medical authorities of India, including the doctors, have downplayed the possibilities of a drug resistant superbug. A prominent medical journal had recently brought out a report where it had indicated such possibilities. The journal had stated people who were visiting India for cheap treatment were risking the superbug in question.
The study was published in a magazine named The Lancet Infectious Diseases. It has been named the superbug metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1). The magazine also stated that the bug was a common feature in case of patients in UK and South Asia. It also pointed out that the UK paients had got themselves treated in India.
The element named NDM-1 in this bacteria means that almost every antibiotic is useless against it. Even the strong antibiotics, carbapenems are of no use against them. The report has called for international surveillance regarding the matter as it is potent enough to cause global concerns.
However, authorities in India have stated that the situation is not as dangerous as is being projected. V M Katoch, DG Indian Council of Medical Research, has acknowledged that the ineffectiveness of the antibiotics is a matter of worry. However, they have said that it is unfair to label India as the origin of these bacteria. |
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