Tetanus alongside multiple drug-resistant hospital-acquired infection.
Download picturesNaveed Khan is a 25-year-old civil servant. His life was changed forever when he contracted tetanus from a cut and needed a section of his windpipe removed. But while he was in hospital, he caught infections caused by different types of bacteria.
Credit: TBIJ/BSAC/Saiyna BashirColistin is one of very few antibiotics that can still treat certain drug-resistant infections. For Naveed, it was the only one that could help him.
Credit: TBIJ/BSAC/Saiyna Bashir