Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Antibiotic-resistant superbug infects Delhi hospitals, India finally admits

In response to today's discussion about antibiotic resistance, I think it's good to look at how the world is responding to real life threats.  This article discusses how India is perhaps underestimating the danger of an antibiotic resistant infection.  The infection rate is current very low, between .04% and .08%, but if this grows into a situation where those people cannot being cured, then there will be a real problem.  Also, this infection seems to be made possible gene that is actually already carried by approximately 100 to 200 Indians already.  A scary thought!

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