Super Bacteria Spread Through Medical Tourism

The spread of "super bacteria" in some countries, like UK, USA, Australia, Sweden, and Canada, one of which is triggered by the practice of plastic surgery or cosmetic surgery.

Research published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, researchers from Cardiff University, UK have found that bacteria that can make NDM-1 enzymes that are found in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.

The super bacteria are transmitted to some of countries through which new patients again underwent plastic surgery in India or Pakistan. In the U.S., for instance, recorded three cases of this bacteria was found in patients who underwent the new treatment in India, a country where people often come to seek cheaper treatment or alternative treatment.

"India is also providing plastic surgical services for patients from Europe and America, and mayber NDM-1 will be spread throughout the world," Timothy Walsh said, who do research and collect samples of "super bacteria".

With teams from various countries, Walsh managed to collect bacteria samples from many patients in two hospitals in India, namely Chennai hospital and Haryana hospital. In addition, some patients referred from the English national laboratories since 2007 until 2009.

Walsh and his team found 44 patients positive with NDM-1 bacteria in Chennai hospital, 26 patients in the hospital Haryana, 37 in England, and another 73 in the territory of Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. Some British people are positively affected by NDM-1 had ever visited India or Pakistan for medical treatment, including plastic surgery.

NDM-1 bacteria was reported resistant to various types of antibiotics including the carbapenems, a drug that is used for emergency purposes and overcome a variety of infections due to resistant germs, such as methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA) and C-difficile.