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Review
. 2013 Jul;4(2):286-91.
doi: 10.4103/0976-9668.116970.

Antimicrobial resistance in India: A review

S Ganesh Kumar  1 , C Adithan, B N Harish, S Sujatha, Gautam Roy, A Malini
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Antimicrobial resistance in India: A review

S Ganesh Kumar et al. J Nat Sci Biol Med. 2013 Jul.

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance is an important concern for the public health authorities at global level. However, in developing countries like India, recent hospital and some community based data showed increase in burden of antimicrobial resistance. Research related to antimicrobial use, determinants and development of antimicrobial resistance, regional variation and interventional strategies according to the existing health care situation in each country is a big challenge. This paper discusses the situational analysis of antimicrobial resistance with respect to its problem, determinants and challenges ahead with strategies required in future to reduce the burden in India. Recent data from Google search, Medline and other sources were collected which was reviewed and analyzed by the authors. Hospital based studies showed higher and varied spectrum of resistance in different regions while there are limited number of community based studies at country level. There exists lacunae in the structure and functioning of public health care delivery system with regard to quantification of the problem and various determining factors related to antimicrobial resistance. There is an urgent need to develop and strengthen antimicrobial policy, standard treatment guidelines, national plan for containment of AMR and research related to public health aspects of AMR at community and hospital level in India.

Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance; India; challenges; determinants; problem burden; strategies.

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