SUPERBUG- term heard, but not understood completely
SUPERBUG These are the microbial strains that have become resistant to the drugs used to treat them. Nowadays, as per the availability of internet and several medical terms and chemical names used commonly has somehow made common man aware of certain drugs which were not easily available or known. Examples of Superbug:- (Ref. PubMed) MRSA- Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus- these bacteria don't respond to methicillin and related antibiotics. Acinetobacter baumannii- resistant to carbapenem Pseudomonas aeruginosa- resistant to carbapenem Enterobacteriaceae- resistant to carbapenem Neisseria gonorrhoeae- Cephalosporin and fluoroquinolone resistant Enterococcus faecium- vancomycin resistant Non-typhoidal salmonella- Fluoroquinolones resistant Helicobacter pylori- Clar...