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Superbugs vs superdrugs [1]

New superbug NDM-1 and the misuse of antibiotics in IndiaIs the new superbug NDM-1 really here in Delhi? Can it be there in the water that I drink? In the hospitals? Is it really resistant to all antibiotics? But how can modern medicine function without antibiotics? Are they just sounding an alarm, or do I need to worry? What if I get a drug-resistant infection?

Publication Date: 
02/05/2011
Damayanti Datta [2]
India Today (New Delhi) [3]
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India [4], Drugs [5], Medical Research [6]
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