Comments on Superbug: NDM-1: The early warnings

Anonymous: SO according to the ICAAC presentations...

2010-09-14T07:02:27.759-05:00

Anonymous: SO according to the ICAAC presentations yesterday, here's what's so tricky. NDM-1 is currently occurring mostly in bacteria that cause UTIs. The issue will not necessarily be that the infection is more virulent - it will be that it is less treatable, or not treatable. In the case of a UTI, that might mean the ongoing infection can climb up the ureters to the kidneys and enter the bloodstream.

Symptoms only present when open wounds?

2010-09-14T00:46:28.276-05:00

Symptoms only present when open wounds?

@Dan - the Lancet ID paper last week said that the...

2010-08-18T21:45:36.146-05:00

@Dan - the Lancet ID paper last week said that the isolates in Britain were NOT resistant to colistin, which is a pretty old and toxic drug, or to tigecycline (Tygacil), which is relatively new. Some were also susceptible to the drug aztreonam. The isolates from the US that were announced a few months ago, though, were resistant to aztreonam also.

why do NDM-1 reports almost always say something l...

2010-08-18T19:32:38.884-05:00

why do NDM-1 reports almost always say something like 'resistant to almost all antibiotics'? what antibiotic(s) is NDM-1 not resistant to?

Thank you very much for clarification and clarity....

2010-08-18T16:06:53.309-05:00

Thank you very much for clarification and clarity.
anne