Drug resistant infections kill 60k infants a year..IBNLive.com...Because of antibiotic resistance, nearly 60 thousand of new-born babies are dying every year in India of sepsis, a treatable blood infection, despite getting lifesaving antibiotics. "The organisms in the hospitals have become multi-drug resistant. ...
'100 million Indians could be carrying NDM-1'..Times of India...These include environment pollution by antibiotics such as fluoroquinolones (affecting the DNA of bacteria promoting cross-class antibiotic resistance) which can survive in the environment for months, if not years; the lack of sanitation which is ...
`Some two lakh babies die of infection per year`..Zee News...Experts say the bacterial infection is high due to the presence of hospital-acquired infections (HAI). "It is not a healthy trend to see babies dying due to unconscious antibiotic usage by adults. When we use antibiotics after prescription or proper ...
Superbug preset, but situation not alarming: Govt..Rediff...An NDM-1 study published in Lancet had triggered controversy last year as it claimed that drug-resistant gene had originated in India [ Images ] and was resistant to different classes of antibiotics. The government had protested naming the virus after ...