Time Bomb Superbug Requires Global Response: Doctor

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Sep 15, 2010, 8:31:17 PM9/15/10

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Time Bomb Superbug Requires Global Response: Doctor
A new superbug from India thought to be resistant to nearly every known antibiotic poses a global threat, scientists warned Monday, urging health authorities to track the bacteria. "There is an urgent need, first, to put in place an international surveillance system over the coming months and, second, to test all the patients admitted to any given health system" in as many countries as possible, said Patrice Nordmann of France's Bicetre Hospital.