In 2015, a New Delhi -metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM) Escherichia coli bacteria was discovered in two Finnish dogs. An article recently published in the journal Eurosurveillance reveals that the dogs’ ...

Infections caused by the most dangerous class of drug-resistant bacteria in the United States surged 69% between 2019 and 2023, and one strain carrying the NDM enzyme rose 461% over the same period.

The most recent reports of superbugs in the professional and lay literature discuss NDM-1, which stands for New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 and actually refers not to a single bacterial species but ...

NDM-1 refers to a gene’s protein product that some bacteria make. A bacterial strain that carries NDM-1 will be resistant to even some of the strongest antibiotics. Few current antibiotics can combat ...

CORRECTED September 30, 2025 // An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the two drugs which are effective against NDM-CRE. The article has been updated to state aztreonam-avibactam and ...

Antibiotic-resistant bugs have been around almost as long as antibiotics, and health officials have long warned about the looming danger of superstrains — bacteria that are impervious to all of our ...