About Author:
Kambham Venkateswarlu
Final Year Graduate Student
Sri Lakshmi Narasimha College of Pharmacy,
Palluru, Chittoor-517132, Andhra Pradesh, India.
k.v.reddy9441701016@gmail.com
ABSTRACT:
The term superbug is a nonspecific word that is used to describe any microorganism that is resistant to at least one or more commonly used antibiotics. Some authors restrict its use to microorganisms resistant to two or more antibiotics.
The most common bacteria described as superbug are the following:
* MRSA (Staphylococcus aureus strains resistant to multiple antibiotics)
* VRE (Enterococcus species resistant to vancomycin)
* PRSP (Streptococcus pneumonia strains resistant to penicillin)
* ESBLs (Escherichia coli and other Gram-negative bacteria resistant to antibiotics such as cephalosporins and monobactams)
Emerging superbugs may be multiple drug resistant Clostridium difficile, VRSA (vancomycin resistant S.sureus) and NDM Escherichia coli (New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase resistant E.coli).
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