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A collaborative study by CCMB and LVPEI reveals alarming antimicrobial resistance in eye infection bacteria in India. Over 45% of isolates are multidrug-resistant, including vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and XDR Klebsiella pneumoniae, raising concerns for antibiotic treatments.
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TGDCA conducted statewide inspections to curb Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and found 190 medical shops violating rules on antibiotic sales. Show Cause Notices have been issued, with departmental action to follow under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.
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A study by LV Prasad Eye Institute highlights rising antimicrobial resistance in post-cataract infections, with aggressive Gram-negative bacteria resisting standard antibiotics. Nearly 8% of cases are multidrug-resistant, forcing use of last-resort drugs like Colistin, yet vision recovery remains poor
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A two-and-a-half-year study by the South Asian Liver Institute has found alarming levels of multi-drug resistant bacterial infections among liver transplant patients in a semi-rural town, with 94 per cent of cultures resistant to first- and second-line antibiotics
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Stanford researchers used AI to design blueprints for 16 bacteriophages that kill antibiotic-resistant E. coli. While offering promise for new treatments, the breakthrough raises dual-use concerns about AI potentially being misused to engineer harmful pathogens in unsafe hands
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Researchers at IIT Madras have developed a low-cost chip-based device that rapidly detects bacterial resistance to antibiotics within three hours. The innovation promises faster diagnosis, reduced misuse of antibiotics, and improved treatment options, particularly for rural healthcare facilities
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India is turning into a global epicentre of antimicrobial resistance, and this calls for urgent changes on how we use life-saving drugs
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Antimicrobial Resistance needs global collaboration to tackle the threat to public health
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National Medical Commission’s guidelines to prevent the misuse of antibiotics must be strictly adhered to
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Research conducted by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) has revealed that "multidrug-resistant" bacteria are transmitted between unwell cats and dogs and their owners in Portugal and the UK.
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The TSDCA urged people to exercise caution and use antibiotics responsibly to avoid developing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). “When antibiotics are used incorrectly, bacteria start to acquire resistance to the ‘antibiotics’ designed to kill them.
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Antimicrobial Resistance threatens effective prevention and treatment of infections caused by resistant microbes, resulting in prolonged illness and greater risk of death
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Hyderabad: Pfizer India on Monday announced the launch of ‘Open-AMR’, a free online platform to educate nurses on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in English and other regional languages including Telugu. The Open-AMR initiative is a web-based platform that can be accessed by any nurse anywhere in India for free in seven different languages including English, Hindi, […]
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New York: People hospitalised during the pandemic both for Covid and other conditions have a higher rate of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections compared to patients hospitalised before the pandemic, according to a study. An estimated 1.2 million people worldwide died in 2019 from antibiotic-resistant infections, and this number is predicted to increase ten-fold by 2050. There […]
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Even as nations are grappling with the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic, another public health crisis is looming large over the world: bacterial infections that are resistant to existing antibiotic drugs. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the new threat to public health that warrants urgent global action to save lives. Hundreds of thousands of deaths […]
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NBEC is India’s largest and most prestigious national competition for bio entrepreneurs
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Various aspects of antimicrobial resistance were discussed in a two-day international webinar on antibiotic resistance jointly organised by All India Institute of Medical Sciences and American Society for Microbiology.
