The health department said the current super bacteria only spread in the country

Business Club August 18th According to British media reports this morning, the “super bacteria” NDM-1 that has appeared in South Asian countries such as India has spread to the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and other countries. At present, 170 people have been infected worldwide, including at least five deaths in the United Kingdom.

According to Hong Kong media reports, Hong Kong had discovered related cases of this drug-resistant bacteria last year.

Domestic experts believe that "super bacteria" will not be as fierce as a stream, without excessive panic.

status quo

170 people worldwide have infected Hong Kong last year

According to British media reports, there are currently 170 people infected with the "super bacteria" NDM-1, which caused at least five deaths in the United Kingdom. Many cases have a history of traveling to South Asia or undergoing plastic surgery in India.

Hong Kong media reported on the 13th that the Hong Kong Department of Health had found "superbug" NDM-1 in a urine sample of a male patient as early as last October, but the patient has been discharged. It is reported that the patient was a 66-year-old Indian man who had traveled outside but did not tell whether he had had surgery in South Asia.

Expert doubts

"Super bacteria" also has therapeutic drugs

According to the “New Express” report, He Jianfeng, director of the Epidemiological Research Institute of the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that “super bacteria” NDM-1 is actually an enzyme genetic change that is easily mixed with bacteria and becomes a carrier of bacteria. Can be copied and can be spread.

"It is resistant to many antibiotics, but according to the study, vancomycin is still effective for it. At present, major hospitals have reserves." He Jianfeng said.

"Super bacteria" will not be ferocious like SARS

Wang Guiqiang, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Peking University Hospital, said in the morning that "superbug" NDM-1 is an infectious bacterium that is not as infectious as SARS or a stream, so it will not cause a pandemic, and everyone need not panic too much. .

Wang Guiqiang pointed out that currently there is no known specific method for preventing "super bacteria" NDM-1, but it is necessary to do good personal hygiene protection such as washing hands frequently. (Reporter Wang Jingxia)

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"Super bacteria" NDM-1

The media coverage of the "Superbug" NDM-1 is basically based on a new issue of the British "The Lancet Infectious Diseases" magazine published by Timothy Walsh of Cardiff University Medical School in the United Kingdom.

The paper said that "super bacteria" NDM-1 has a strong antibiotic resistance, and is currently found in many bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Researchers believe that the abuse of antibiotics is the cause of super bacteria.

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