Now from India: Super Delhi belly
India got miffed when scientists named a newly discovered drug-resistant "superbug" after Delhi earlier this year. But maybe the city doth protest too much.
According to a new study published in the offending journal, Lancet, Delhi's city water is rife with drug-resistant bacteria, says Bloomberg.
The researchers found dozens of strains of bacteria, ranging from the bugs that cause pneumonia to cholera, the agency said.
Elsewhere, India's DNA newspaper reported that antibiotics account for between 40 to 80 percent of all medicines prescribed in India.
More worrying, though: Pharmacists dole them out like candy without a prescription, and few people are aware of the need to complete the course of antibiotics after feeling better to make sure no resident bacteria can develop resistance.
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