An interesting article from Healthy Living, with an even more interesting headline. I'm not too sure to credibility of the story and the revolutionary drug they are referring to, but in due time we will know from other sources of the media and worldwide health bodies. Here's the excerpt :
" Drug resistant superbug has become a concern for health officials in the US. Superbug NDM-1 bacteria, named after an Indian city, New Delhi, is rare in the USA and has been found mainly in people who obtained medical treatment in India, according to Arjun Srinivasan of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
So far 35 states in US have reported the positive cases of this superbug in the hospitals. Increased cases of superbug and other resistant bacteria have been keeping researchers on their toes for a long time. Lately British scientists revealed that they have developed a revolutionary drug, which could kill deadly superbugs like Clostridium difficile and MRSA within 5 minutes.
Clostridium difficile is a life-threatening bacterium that causes diarrhea and intestinal problems, while MRSA or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causes a number of difficult-to-treat infections in humans. Both bacteria cause nosocomial infections (an infection which is acquired by patients in hospitals)."
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