GERMAN philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote: “I teach you the Superman. Man is something that should be overcome.” For centuries, man has searched for ways to obtain power beyond the mortal limits. That impulse for the ultimate however is not exclusively humans. Bugs too have it. Last month, I hinted on the appearance of more serious drug-resistant strains of microorganisms. These are the multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. These groups of bacteria, which scientists call the “superbugs,” pose much greater risk to public health because they have developed resistance to many antibiotics. And admittedly, according to Karthikeyan Kumarasamy of the University of Madras (UM), Department of Microbiology (Chennai, India), “there are fewer new and developmental antibiotics active against Gram-negative bacteria.” Because of that, drug development programs cannot provide us with therapeutic cover in the next 10 to 20 years. Kumarasamy and a team of 20 other physicians from the univers
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