Sandworm disease that resulted in a wound which had a secondary drug-resistant infection
Download picturesAcross the road from a refugee settlement, six-year-old Ariba, who is Afghan, visits a charity clinic for a rash on the back of her head caused by sandworm disease. The rash developed into a wound, which became infected. The doctors tried a number of antibiotics but none of them seemed to work.
Credit: TBIJ/BSAC/Abdul Majeed