New superbug found in UK
HEALTH experts are warning that a new bug which is resistant to antibiotics has been brought into the UK by patients treated abroad.
The new strains of bacteria, called Enterobacteriaceae, have been identified in UK hospital patients, "a significant proportion of whom had received medical treatment abroad", according to the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
The HPA said that one strain – called NDM-1 (New Delhi Metallo-1) – is "swiftly emerging". Some 22 bacteria with the NDM-1 enzyme have been identified from 19 patients at 17 hospitals.
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