Via CTV Edmonton, excerpt :
" A highly worrisome, antibiotic-resistant superbug seems to spreading slowly but steadily across the country.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says eight cases of NDM-1 bacterial infection have now been confirmed, up from three as of late August.
Dr. Michael Mulvey, chief of Antimicrobial Resistance and Nosocomial Infections at the agency, said four of the infected patients were from British Columbia. One was from Alberta. Two others were from Ontario and the last was from Quebec.
At least five of the eight people had travelled to India or Pakistan, where NDM-1 superbug infections were first discovered and where they are becoming more widespread. Four of the patients spent time in hospital, while the fifth had "contact" with the health-care system.
Two of the infected patients have died, although not directly from NDM-1 bacteria. One was a 76-year-old B.C. woman who died of complications from sepsis, while the other patient, from Quebec, had cancer. "
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