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Scientists in England have discovered a Superbug, a new super bacteria, resistant to the strongest antibiotics. This new bacteria is said to have entered hospitals in England. Health experts say the bacteria that make an enzyme called NDM-1 had been re-enter through a variety of patients in British hospitals had to go abroad to visit countries such as India and Pakistan to undergo medical treatments like plastic surgery.Scientists fear the super bacteria will spread throughout the world. Strict control and new drugs against bacteria that are needed, according to the Lancet medical journal. Otherwise it is feared would spread very quickly.NDM-1 can live in diverse bacteria such as E.coli and enzymes that can makes these bacteria resistant to the most powerful antibiotics, carbapenems.This type of antibiotics usually used only for emergency situations and to eradicate hard to treat infections caused by drug resistant bacteria. Experts fear NDM-1 now would infect other types of bacteria that have developed resistance to many types of antibiotics.In the end it may cause dangerous infections that can spread rapidly from one person to another that its almost impossible to treat.
