Brussels, 27/08/2010 (Agence Europe) - If scientific experts have an aversion to the term “superbug” for multiple resistant Enterobacteriaceae NDM-1, it is largely for fear of trivialising the label which has already been used in relation to other bacteria, such as MRSA (methicillin-resistent Staphylococcus aureus). The new “superbug”, however, is far more dangerous than MRSA.
NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo-â-lactamase 1), which was first detected in 2008, is an enzyme which neutralises...