A road-map for addressing antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries: lessons learnt from the public-private participation and co-designed antimicrobial stewardship programme in the State of Kerala, India

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…

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Bacteriophage-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii are resensitized to antimicrobials.

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.…

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Antibiotic Resistance in Minimally Human-Impacted Environments

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…

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Infections and antimicrobial resistance in intensive care units in lower-middle-income countries: a scoping review

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…

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