In the study, 15 antibiotics used in the treatment of these infections were examined. The surprising thing was that bacteria showed more than 40 percent resistance to 13 of these medicines. On one medicine this figure reached 78 percent.

Dr. Sunil Mahawar, nodal officer for infectious diseases at SMS Hospital, described this situation as very worrying. According to him, Acinetobacter infection is usually associated with serious diseases.