New superbug hits China
New superbug hits China
BEIJING - THERE is no connection between the death of an 83-year-old man and the new superbug NDM-1, health officials said on Tuesday.
He was one of the first three people infected with the superbug on the Chinese mainland.
The Ministry of Health and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that the man from East China's Fujian province died of lung cancer in June.
Two babies from North-west China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, both born in early March at the same hospital, were also found to have the superbug.
They are now doing well at home after medical treatment, officials said.
It was the first time the new NDM-1 superbug, which is resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics, has been detected on the Chinese mainland. -- CHINA DAILY/ANN
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