The so-called super bacteria NDM-1 has showed up in Denmark, the first case discovered in the country, according to Danish media.
According to the report on Wednesday, a 57-year-old woman was infected in July this year. She was later put in isolation at Skejby hospital near the Danish city of Aarhus.
NDM-1 is called a super bacteria because it is nearly impossible to treat with antibiotics.
The woman is originally from Bosnia but has lived in Denmark for 15 years. The woman was infected during a vacation in Bosnia.
"There is a huge risk that NDM-1 can potentially become a worldwide health problem, and global surveillance coordination is needed," said an article in the academic journal The Lancet, which has focused on the issue of NDM-1.
NDM-1 is making bacteria resistant to antibiotics, so doctors can not treat patients effectively with, for example, penicillin.
Professor Niels Frimodt-Moeller from the Danish Serum Institute is worried about the discovery of NDM-1 in Denmark.
"I don't want to be a doomsayer but there is a need to worry about this discovery. Earlier, we have seen most cases come from India. However, that is no longer the case," Frimodt-Moeller told Danish daily, Politiken.
According to the British Medical Journal, bacteria with the NDM-1 strain have so far been diagnosed 77 times in 13 European countries and caused seven deaths.
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