Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 07:07 in Health & Medicine

(AP) -- Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a Health Ministry official said Tuesday.

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