Growing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a public health threat plaguing the world. The deaths that are attributable to AMR are estimated at 700,000 per year globally. The low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) will face 90% of 10 million projected deaths associated with AMR. Among LMICs, India bears a significant burden…

Antibiotic resistance is one of the global challenges which needs to be addressed immediately. Nowadays, antibiotic-resistant infections are not easily getting cured with conventional antibiotics and thereby causing havoc. This issue can be addressed by developing either new antimicrobials or strategies that will increase the efficiency of the current antimicrobials.…

The presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and resistant genes (ARG) in environments with close human contact like agriculture, wastewater effluent, etc are established through numerous studies across the globe. But studies focussing on the presence of ARB in minimally human-impacted areas/ pristine areas are very few. Minimally human-impacted environments are…

Antimicrobial-resistance (AMR) is one of the quickly worsening problems worldwide. It affects all the countries, but the burden is alarmingly higher in lower-middle-income countries (LMICs). Approximately fifty countries belong to the LMIC category sharing the same bracket of Gross National Income, as per the World Bank update. Individuals admitted to…