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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Malaysia first superbug case

GUA MUSANG: One case of antibiotic-resistant superbug infection was detected in Malaysia last month, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said today.

Although the woman patient had fully recovered and posed no danger to the public, the ministry would continue taking precautionary measures to ensure that the bacteria did not spread, he added.

"She has been discharged from Ampang Hospital but is still on medication. She has another illness, leukaemia... the superbug did not cause any lasting harm to her," he told reporters at the nomination centre for the Galas state by-election here.


he said that she did not infect anyone because "the bacteria only colonises the body of the carrier," he added.

Liow said that overuse of antibiotics was one cause of superbug infection.

The ministry therefore instructed all doctors in the country not to prescribe more antibiotics than were necessary, he added.


The superbug infection was first detected in 2008, with cases reported in India, Pakistan and the United Kingdom. - BERNAMA


Meanwhile,


Recently, China found three cases of bacteria carrying the New Delhi metallo-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) gene, known as a superbug for resistance to antibiotics, on three mainland patients, two newly-born babies and one old patient. Now, the old patient is dead due to lung cancer, according to CCTV's report.

The superbugs were found from those collected and preserved bacteria in a joint inspection by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences. Two of the superbugs belonged to two newly-born babies in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and another belonged to an old patient in Fujian Province.

The two babies were low-birth0weight infants, and they started suffering diarrhea and respiratory infection two or three days after they were born. Now the two babies have been cured and are in good condition.

The old patient in Fujian Province had already died because of terminal lung cancer on Jun. 11. However, whether the influence of superbug existed or how it affected the patient's sickness is not sure now.

By Wang Hanlu, People's Daily Online

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