100% resistant Superbug in India's drinking water may spread worldwide

[upi402]

Interpretation
The potential of NDM-1 to be a worldwide public health problem is great, and co-ordinated international surveillance is needed.

-The Lancet
thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(10)70143-2/abstract

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. article not found

both links not working....

[gkhouston]

3. I haven't found that yet, but I did find this, which is interesting...

I'm guessing from the abstract below that the Lancet article we haven't seen implies that NDM-1 is a highly contagious threat about to go blooey everywhere. The paper abstracted below claims the data doesn't support that conclusion.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21245585

[pschoeb]

5. That paper is only questioning if the origin of the gene is really India

The Lancet papers worry, is not really based on the origin of these genes, but that many of the resistant infections cases they looked at in the paper, carry the resistant gene on plasmids, which makes them easy to be horizontally transfered to other strains of bacteria.

[upi402]

6. Entire link wont post on forum, please cut&paste

I'm superficially familiar with href and don't know what DCScrpts is. Sorry.

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(10)70143-2/abstract

[Wilms]

2. Here's an article.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=drug-resistant-genes-found-in-chole-2011-04-07

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

4. Just filter your water!

[hayu_lol]

7. Suggest strongly that no one drink water...

in India who is not used to the varmints in it.