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A recent report by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has sounded the alarm on the growing issue of antibiotic resistance in India. The findings, released by the Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (AMRSN), underscore the increasing ineffectiveness of several common antibiotics used to treat infections such as pneumonia, sepsis, urinary tract infections (UTIs), and typhoid. The report analysed a total of 99,492 samples collected from both public and private healthcare facilities across the country between 1 January and 31 December 2023. The samples, sourced from various parts of the body—including blood, urine, and respiratory tract infections—were tested against bacteria such as E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus aureus. One of ...

More than 39 million people could die globally from antibiotic-resistant infections over the next 25 years, according to a study published in The Lancet.Antimicrobial resistance, which is also known as AMR and occurs when germs become resistant to drugs, is expected to worsen over the coming decades. Already more than one million people have died each year between 1990 and 2021 as a direct result of AMR, according to the study which analyzes global trends of the public health threat over time.“This threat is growing,” said Mohsen Naghavi, joint first author of the study and team leader of the AMR research team at the University of Washington’s Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation. “Antimicrobial medicines are one of the cornerstones of modern healthcare, and increasing resistance to ...

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ICMR Warns Of Rising Antibiotic Resistance As UTI, Typhoid, And Pneumonia Cases Show Poor Respo

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