First name in China , and only recently in the United States , it now seems that bacterium immune to all do it antibiotics has also been discovered in Brazil . In anexclusive reportby Reuters , evidence of “ first-rate bacterium " has been found in the waterways that will soon be used in the 2016 Rio Olympics .
Health worries for the coming Olympics have already been plaguing the challenger , with the scourge of Zika topping most leaning . This has top tosome athlete questioningwhether or not to compete at all , while others are pack even more utmost actions , such as Greg Rutherford who hasfrozen his spermjust in case he contracts the computer virus . Others have warn against the Olympians swimming in the extremely polluted waters , as it is claimed that raw sewage from Rio fall into the Guanabara Bay where they will be competing .
With the proclamation that a drug - resistant bacterium has now also been found in the waters surrounding Rio de Janeiro , fresh doubts have been raised about the condom of the jock . sample taken from the waterways hem in the city have manifestly find the bacteria at five different sites , including the popular Copacabana beach . The study that documents the finding is yet to be bring out , but hasbeen seen exclusively by Reutersnews agency . They have also been shown a second newspaper in relation to the bacteria .
This other study , to be issue next calendar month by the American Society for Microbiology , documents how genes of “ tops bacteria " have been found in both the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon and in a river that flow into Guanabara Bay . It is suppose that the waste from millions of households flowing into tempest drain and river , where it then mixes with waste from hospital , provides the perfect conditions for antibiotic resistance to be culture .
These story coming from Brazil take after blistering on the heels of a warning in the United States , whereit was announcedthat a urinary tract infection was found to be tolerant to all known antibiotic drug . The Reed National Medical Center found that the bacteria responsible bear themcr-1gene , which consult immunity to colistin , the antibiotic used as a last resort hotel when all others have fail .
This gene was itself find to be in bacteria living on 21 per centum of domestic animals in China , whereit was first get word last yearthat the gene could be choke between species of bacteria , making it more likely that electric resistance to all antibiotic will become commonplace . These fears have seemingly been realized , as is the worry that we are tight go about a post - antibiotic era , where common infection that were once routine to treat will become life - threatening .
