Tracing the Threat: Outsmarting ICU Pathogens and Preventing Outbreaks

In an ordinary scenario at an intensive care unit (ICU), a highly unusual result threw everyone off guard. A strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, commonplace in hospital-acquired infections identified in moist areas was discovered with a peculiar twist. It carried the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase or NDM-1 gene, an enzyme notorious for nullifying the effects of potent…