A new class of drug resistant superbugs is on the rise in India and Pakistan, with "medical tourism" - often cosmetic surgery - spreading the hard-to-treat infections to the UK, new research finds.
The bacteria - some of which are resistant to all known antibiotics - were unheard of 2 years ago, but the new study finds evidence they may now be present outside of the hospital setting in the Indian sub-Continent.
There have been around 50 infections caused by the superbug in the UK, and the number is continuing to rise.
The study found 17 UK infections were in people who had direct contact with India or Pakistan, most of whom had been admitted to hospital there where they probably acquired the infection. Several had gone to India for elective cosmetic surgery.
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