Common bacteria may become antibiotic-resistant superbugsThe researchers studied a family of bacteria called Enterobacteriaceae, which includes E coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter.
- Antibiotic resistant super bug found at Aligarh Muslim University
A deadly bacteria variant known as NDM-4, also called the super bug, has been found by the medical researchers Aligarh Muslim University.
Cadila Pharma working on super-bug NDM-1; soon to commercialize India's first VLP vaccineRajiv Modi, Chairman and managing director of Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd said "The VLP technology flu vaccine would be commericialised with...
- Superbug: British researchers challenge India's stand
The researchers have challenged the stand of Indian health authorities who have been maintaining that drug-resistant pathogens such as the ...
- Japanese Encephalitis, NDM1 caused concern in Delhi hospitals
2011 saw surfacing of Japanese Encephalitis in Delhi for the first time & presence of the deadly superbug NDM1 in several Delhi hospitals.
- 100 million Indians could be carrying the superbug NDM-1
The carriage rate of NDM-1 in India is between 100 and 200 million, which means that NDM-1 has become a very serious public health issue.
NDM-1: What really bugs the superbug researcherThe Lancet has distanced itself from authors of superbug article, saying magazine never accused Indian officials of a cover-up.
- Canadian who's never been to India has superbug
NDM-1, the enzyme associated with extensive antibiotic resistance that was found in India last year, has jumped to new bacteria strains and...
- 'Superbug' in tap water: Delhi govt says no cause of worry
The Delhi govt today appealed to the people of the city not to worry following reports of presence of 'Superbug' in water.
- DJB chief says tap water is safe to drink
A day after a study highlighted presence of a superbug in Delhi’s water, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said there was no need to panic.
- India slams report about superbug in Delhi water supply
Indian health authorities have slammed a report in a foreign journal that said water in parts of Delhi contain bacteria that is resistant t...
- Delhi weather helps the NDM-1 superbug thrive
The rate at which the NDM-1 gene is copied and transferred between different bacteria was highest at 30°C - a temperature common in Delhi.
- Drug resistant superbug retains Delhi tag
Naming the drug resistant superbug New Delhi Metallo Beta Lactamase-I (NDM-1 ) after India's capital city was 'a big mistake' admitted Lanc...
- Lancet says sorry for 'Delhi bug'
'It was unfair to name a superbug -- organisms that grow in nature in every country -- after India without any evidence that it originated ...
- "Super superbug" NDM-1 spreads in Europe
Some 77 cases of a multi-drug resistant "superbug" from India first reported in Britain in August have now been detected in 13 European cou...
- Countering the superbug scare
The report on Indian origins of the superbug is disconcerting.
- Doctors shrug off superbug health scare from India
Medical authorities in India played down the risk of an international public health scare after a report in warned that people travelling t...