New Delhi (IRNA) -- Scientists at interdisciplinary biotechnology laboratory of the Aligarh Muslim University claimed to have developed an easy technique for detecting the multi-drug resistant superbugs.
A team of scientists have sequenced the gene of three variants of NDM-1 and are now working on the genetics of its gene, Asad Ullah Khan, Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit of the university said in a statement on Friday. According to the statement scientists at the biotechnology laboratory in AMU have conducted extensive clinical trials using the above technique for detecting the superbug.
Widespread misuse of antibiotics in some countries, including India and Pakistan, has led to the rise of multi-drug resistant bacteria which are nearly impossible to treat, they said.
The New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 was first identified in December 2009 in New Delhi and since then the scientists have warned of a serious threat of a 'exponential spread of this bacteria through humans.
The detection of the superbug, first reported in the international medical journal Lancet in 2009, had sparked off a controversy over the origin of this superbug.
Bacteria that are resistant to drug treatment are referred to as “Superbugs”.
Superbugs may create dangerous infections which are nearly impossible to treat, and resistant to antibiotics.
The antibiotic resistance of the NDM1 gene may exponentially accelerate the spread of bacteria that carry it through humans.
NDM1 has been detected in bacteria in India, Pakistan, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Currently, NDM1 has been hosted by E.coli bacterium and Klebsiella pneumonia.
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