When Superbugs Attack: Antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 Is Undermining India’s Medical Sector

When Superbugs Attack: Antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 Is Undermining India’s Medical Sector

By Sonia Shah, Foreign Affairs – March 29, 2012

The discovery in Delhi of a particularly nasty form of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, against which even last-resort drugs are ineffective, could bring about an era of unstoppable infections. But fearing a hit to the country’s medical tourism industry, the government has denied the problem and has pressured researchers to disavow their findings.

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