Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene in man returning from India Japan has confirmed the nation’s first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a Health Ministry official said…
The World Health Organisation on Friday called on health authorities around the globe to monitor a multi-drug resistant superbug that surfaced in South Asia and spread to Britain. The WHO said research published in The Lancet medical journal on August 11 identified a new gene that enables some types of…