ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v12i04.3Abstract
A fast emerging global threat to the health care system is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). AMR
is the development of resistant strains of bacteria, viruses and fungi over time, due to which the common
infections are difficult to treat, leading to spread of diseases, their increased intensity and deaths. The use
of antimicrobials since their invention in the previous century have saved countless human lives, as well as
increased the average lifespan of humans by 23 years. However, along with their benefits, the microbes have
developed resistant strains because of the resistance genes spreading rapidly among microbes. Injudicious
and overuse of antimicrobials enhance the spread of resistance genes among the microbial communities
and lead to situations when different bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic infections stop responding to the
antimicrobials that are being prescribed. It is expected by the World Health Organization that till year 2050,
AMR will be responsible for around 10 million deaths each year.
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