First case of superbug confirmed in Ontario: "BRAMPTON, ONT. - A patient who recently travelled to India and was later treated at a health facility in Brampton, Ont., has tested positive for the NDM-1 superbug, Ontario health officials confirmed Saturday.
It is the first-known case of NDM-1 in Ontario, and the third in Canada, said provincial Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care spokeswoman Joanne Woodward Fraser.
The patient was being treated at the William Osler Health System facility in Brampton, she said, and is no longer in hospital.
NDM-1 is a bacteria that is highly resistant to most antibiotics. World health officials have recently become concerned about the spread of the bacteria from countries like India, Pakistan and Bangladesh."
Sunday, August 22, 2010
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