How contagious is the NDM-1 superbug?

NDM-1 superbug is contagious but not as swine flu. Patient suffering from NDM-1 superbug is contagious from the first day of its diagnosis. The moment a person with the NDM-1 superbug has been identified or diagnosed in hospital, he/she will be doctor’s disposal in the hospital and doctors will take every precaution / health precautions.

Outside the hospital or without admitted patients, the risk of getting NDM-1 through person to person is rare. Hospital in London and another in Nottingham have confirmed they have treated patients with the new NDM-1 'superbug'. Without hospital setting, NDM-1 is rare.

NDM-1 has infected those persons who returned to the UK after undergoing surgery in India or Pakistan. Admitted patient in hospital carrying the tainted bacteria was transferred to a Nottingham hospital at the end of last year after suffering a trauma injury in Pakistan. The UK resident was found to have a colony of the enzyme of NDM-1 on their SKIN (NOT BOWEL).

However, their infection was not as serious as it could have been. The risk is the enzyme NDM-1 may enter the blood stream through an open wound. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1302432/Drug-resistant-NDM-1-superbug-London-Nottingham-hospitals.html#ixzz0wkTD8mSk http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1302432/Drug-resistant-NDM-1-superbug-London-Nottingham-hospitals.html#ixzz0wkRzpYZQ.

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