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New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

MIBU, Japan - Dokkyo Medical University Hospital director Toshimitsu Kitajima (L) and other doctors speak at a press conference at the hospital in Tochigi Prefecture on Sept. 6, 2010. The hospital said a new variant of superbug with the NDM-1 gene, which is resistant to most antibiotics, has been found in a Japanese male patient in his 50s at the hospital in Tochigi Prefecture following his return from India, the first case of such a superbug in Japan.

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New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

MIBU, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 6, 2010, shows Dokkyo Medical University Hospital in Tochigi Prefecture. Public health officials said the same day that a new type of superbug with the NDM-1 gene, which is resistant to most antibiotics, has been found in one patient at the hospital, which will be the first case in Japan if confirmed.

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New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

TOCHIGI, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 6, 2010, shows Dokkyo Medical University Hospital in Tochigi Prefecture. Public health officials said the same day that a new type of superbug with the NDM-1 gene, which is resistant to most antibiotics, has been found in one patient at the hospital, which will be the first case in Japan if confirmed.

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New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

TOCHIGI, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 6, 2010, shows Dokkyo Medical University Hospital in Tochigi Prefecture. Public health officials said the same day that a new type of superbug with the NDM-1 gene, which is resistant to most antibiotics, has been found in one patient at the hospital, which will be the first case in Japan if confirmed. (Kyodo)

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New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

MIBU, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 6, 2010, shows Dokkyo Medical University Hospital in Tochigi Prefecture. Public health officials said the same day that a new type of superbug with the NDM-1 gene, which is resistant to most antibiotics, has been found in one patient at the hospital, which will be the first case in Japan if confirmed. (Kyodo)

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New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

MIBU, Japan - Dokkyo Medical University Hospital director Toshimitsu Kitajima (L) and other doctors speak at a press conference at the hospital in Tochigi Prefecture on Sept. 6, 2010. The hospital said a new variant of superbug with the NDM-1 gene, which is resistant to most antibiotics, has been found in a Japanese male patient in his 50s at the hospital in Tochigi Prefecture following his return from India, the first case of such a superbug in Japan. (Kyodo)