According to the British magazine "The Lancet-Infectious Diseases" published on August 20 10, a new unexplained disease is prevalent in some countries. Some western doctors call it "New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase" or NDM- 1 for short. Because many patients have traveled and received treatment in India or Pakistan, the researchers speculate that the bacteria carrying NDM- 1 may have originated in the Indian subcontinent. It is reported that the disease can be spread through drinking water and other ways, and the symptoms are intestinal infection. This new type of bacteria is resistant to almost all antibiotics and has a high mortality rate.

The study was jointly conducted by medical researchers from Cardiff University, British Health Protection Agency and Indian university of madras. The researchers said that they found a special kind of bacteria in some patients who went to India for surgery. This bacterium contains an enzyme, which can exist in the mitochondria of different bacterial DNA structures such as Escherichia coli and make these bacteria strong and resistant to almost all antibiotics. Last year, Timothy Walsh, a researcher at Cardiff University, first confirmed the existence of this enzyme in Escherichia coli and pneumonia infected by a Swedish patient, and named it NDM- 1. The Ministry of Health of India issued a statement on August 20th10 and 12, strongly opposing some western media to link a new disease with India, saying that India is not threatened by any such disease at present, and all foreign tourists seeking medical treatment in india tourism are very safe. The Indian Ministry of Health said in a statement on August 2, 20 10 that it is very wrong and unfair for some western media to link this unexplained disease with India only by incomplete case reports. India is particularly opposed to naming the disease after the Indian capital New Delhi. The statement said that medical institutions in India have always provided good treatment and nursing conditions for foreign tourists who come to India for medical tourism. At present, India is not threatened by this emerging disease at all, and it is absolutely safe to treat it in india tourism and hospitals in India. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia has strong drug resistance and produces metal β? Lactamase is the main reason why Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is resistant to broad-spectrum cephalosporins including imipenem. The mechanism of metalloenzymes is complex, and no corresponding inhibitors are put into use, which has become a very difficult problem in clinical anti-infection treatment.

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20 10, 12 Kadush, director of the Medical Research Bureau of the Indian Ministry of Health, told reporters in New Delhi that it is totally wrong for some western media to associate an infectious disease with India. Kadush said that it is irresponsible for some western medical scientists to arbitrarily assume that a new disease originated in India before finding out the truth. Because this case occurred in several countries at the same time, it is also possible that western tourists brought the virus into India from other places. Kadush said that at present, Indian medical institutions are also making every effort to study the disease and try to understand the transmission mechanism of the virus. He also hinted that these reports were politically motivated and deliberately created by those who were dissatisfied with the large number of westerners going to India for medical travel. [1] Frequent hand washing can effectively prevent ndm- 1 Recently, the British Ministry of Health announced that Britain has begun to discuss the methods of developing new antibiotics, but scientists suggested that there may not be new antibiotics effective for NDM- 1 in/kloc-0 years, but frequent hand washing can effectively prevent its spread. Walsh said: "We urgently need a global monitoring system and new antibiotics for this bacteria." He pointed out that at present, only two antibiotics have certain effects on viruses carrying NDM- 1, but these viruses may soon become resistant to these two antibiotics. Scientists pointed out that in order to prevent the spread of NDM- 1, it is necessary to identify the infected cases of NDM- 1 as soon as possible and isolate any infected persons. Other infection control measures, such as disinfecting hospital equipment and washing hands with antibacterial soap by doctors and nurses, can also prevent the spread of NDM- 1. Peter Taut, a scholar at the University of Calgary in Canada, called on foreigners who had been treated in Indian hospitals to go to the hospital for screening after returning home. Livermore, an expert from the British Health Protection Agency, called on patients, visitors and medical staff in all hospitals to wash their hands frequently to prevent the spread of NDM- 1.