{"id":65241,"date":"2025-09-26T12:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T07:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=65241"},"modified":"2025-10-13T12:15:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T06:45:21","slug":"nightmare-bacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nightmare-bacteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Nightmare Bacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Nightmare Bacteria Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drug-resistant \u2018nightmare bacteria\u2019 driven by the NDM gene are spreading faster than ever in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Nightmare Bacteria<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term \u201cnightmare bacteria\u201d is used to describe <\/span><b>Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This group of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/bacteria\/\" target=\"_blank\">bacteria<\/a><\/strong>, which includes <\/span><b>Klebsiella pneumoniae<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Escherichia coli<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (E. coli), has developed <\/span><b>resistance to carbapenems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a class of \u201clast-resort\u201d antibiotics usually reserved for severe infections).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CDC calls them \u201cnightmare\u201d because they: Spread <\/span><b>resistance genes easily<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to other bacteria. Cause deadly infections in the bloodstream, lungs, or urinary tract.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do not respond to most antibiotics, <\/span><b>making treatment difficult.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Symptoms of Nightmare Bacteria infections<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Urinary tract infections:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Feeling a burning sensation, a constant urge to urinate or \u2018cloudy\u2019 urine<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bloodstream infections:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> High fever, rapid heartbeat or very low blood pressure<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Pneumonia or lung infection:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cough, shortness of breath or chest pain.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What is the NDM-1 gene?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NDM-1 (New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase-1) is an <\/span><b>enzyme that makes bacteria resistant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to a wide range of <\/span><b>powerful antibiotics.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gene for NDM-1 encodes <\/span><b>beta-lactamase enzymes called carbapenemases<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which makes <\/span><b>bacteria resistant to antibiotics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including carbapenem, which is used to treat other superbugs such as methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/life\/health\/deadly-nightmare-bacteria-cases-witness-a-spike-in-the-us-signs-and-symptoms-to-know\/3988128\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nightmare Bacteria term is used to describe Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":65259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2909,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-65241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-nightmare-bacteria","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}