Rampant use of antibiotics in Indians reason
Patients who return to their home countries after undergoing medical procedures in India carry antibiotic-resistant strains with them. Hyderabad: The indiscriminate use of antibiotics to treat common
Patients who return to their home countries after undergoing medical procedures in India carry antibiotic-resistant strains with them. Hyderabad: The indiscriminate use of antibiotics to treat common
In 2014, CSE and Pollution Monitoring Laboratory, in their report ‘Antibiotic Residues in Chicken Meat’ highlighted the widespread use of antibiotics in intensive chicken farming in the country, revealing
HYDERABAD: In a cause for concern, many babies admitted in the neonatal intensive care units (NICU) are bombarded with third and fourth generation antibiotics right from their birth. About 50 per cent
CHENNAI: The state health department rolled out a new nine-month drug antibiotic regimen for drug-resistant TB instead of the old two-year course. The drugs that will be available free of cost in government
Even the most elite waste treatment systems currently available do not remove antibiotics from manure, according to a study which suggests that traces of the medicines leach into the environment, potentially
Over the 16-year period studied, consumption of antibiotics more than doubled in India Global consumption of antibiotics has soared since the year 2000, stoking calls for new policies to rein in usage
Antibiotic prescriptions have shot up by 65 percent overall and by 39 percent per person in 15 years, new research reveals. In the period from 2000 to 2015, 24.5 billion prescriptions for the infection-fighting
Scientists have developed a new "rapid test" that produces a cheaper and faster diagnosis on infectious diseases in just three hours thus preventing antibiotic resistances from spreading. Owing to
Bacteria that cause infections in humans can develop or acquire resistance to antibiotics commonly used against them. Antimicrobial resistance (in bacteria and other microbes) causes significant morbidity
HYDERABAD: A novel species of a bacterium that produces antibiotic has been discovered by a professor in the University of Hyderabad (UoH) and his researchers, the university said on Thursday. "Found
Drugs and Food Control Organization Tuesday issued an advisory for poultry farm dealers, asking them to stop use of antibiotics in their farms three days prior to supplying chicken to the market. The
Each year, Kashmir gets around one crore live chicken from Jammu, Haryana, and Punjab, where the birds are majorly raised on antibiotics. As per the information revealed by Dr Altaf Geelani, Assistant
<p>When good hand hygiene and other infection prevention and control (IPC) measures are followed, 70 percent of infections can be prevented in health care settings, according to this new report by WHO.</p>
<p>Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is propagated by irrational use of antibiotics by healthcare practitioners and the uninformed public. This study assessed a select cohort of 504 urban Indians for their
Multinational companies continue to produce and sell unregulated antibiotics in India, worsening the problem of antimicrobial resistance in the country and impeding efforts to fight drug resistance globally,
<p>The key objective of this research was to generate new evidence on outpatient antibiotic prescription rate and patterns in the private sector in India. We used 12-month period (May 2013 to April 2014)
<p>Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections are on the rise and pose a serious threat to society. The influence of genetic resistance mechanisms on antibiotic therapy is well described. However, other
To limit antibiotics in meat The Union Health Ministry, through the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), has notified an amendment to the Food Safety & Standards (Contaminants, Toxins
Scientists identity anti-microbial protein in milk. The protein was found in the milk of mammals like Echidna which are found only in Australia and New Guinea. Hyderabad: A novel anti-microbial protein
WHO is recommending that farmers and the food industry stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals. The new WHO recommendations aim to help preserve the effectiveness