India in the spotlight for outbreak of infection

• April 28, 2024

The Ministry of Health of the Asian country rejected the statements, regarding possible British findings, which ensure that in that nation has developed a new way of "Resistant superbug" to the medicines.

According to researchers from Great Britain, this powerful bacterium infects patients who have traveled to India to undergo various medical treatments in that country.

In this sense, the Ministry of Health of India , informed that these organizations are present all over the world: "This phenomenon of bacteria that become resistant occurs in nature, in the environment; they can be in the intestines of humans and animals; around the world. There can be billions happening at any time and that does not mean that Asia is a source of infection. "

The health authorities of India, a nation considered a cheap destination for medical tourism, said that the plasmids (DNA molecules of bacteria) have also been reported in the United States, Israel and Greece.

In this regard, the medical journal The Lancet He said that tourists seeking treatments in Asia are carrying a dangerous type of bacterial infection that is resistant to almost all antibiotics known.

The evidence of bacteria

The doctors identified 29 patients in the United Kingdom with the new infection. Most had traveled to India, Pakistan or Bangladesh for medical procedures, such as cosmetic surgeries.

The news infections they are spreading in the medical centers of South Asia and have also been reported in Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States.

Last June, the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control from the United States, identified three cases of patients who were infected with the bacteria that has the NDM-1 gene . All had undergone medical treatments in India.