Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common infection in both community and hospital patients. In majority of the cases, empirical antimicrobial treatment is practiced before the laboratory results of urine culture. Thus, antibiotic resistance may increase in urinary bacterial pathogens due to improper use of drugs. This study was designed to find out the etiological agents of UTI and thei...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public health threat. Emergence of AMR occurs naturally, but can also be selected for by antimicrobial exposure in clinical and veterinary medicine. Despite growing worldwide attention to AMR, there are substantial limitations in our understanding of the burden, distribution and determinants of AMR at the population level. We highlight the importance o...

BACKGROUND Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has reached an end point, prompting a worldwide scare as no new antibiotics are in the pipeline, particularly for treatment of Gram-negative bacteria. To prevent further development and spread of AMR and to inform empirical treatment guidelines, surveillance of AMR is necessary. OBJECTIVE We aim to provide a framework for a stepwise approach toward im...

Increase in the use of herbicides agricultural soil can cause multiple antibiotic resistance potential pathogens that undermine therapy. The study shows antimicrobial susceptibility aerobic heterotrophic bacteria and fungi isolated from soils polluted with different herbicides. A total sixteen (16) bacterial twenty-three (23) fungal isolates were subjected to sensitivity test (AST) using Kirby-...

Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a challenging global and public health issue, raising bioethical challenges, considerations and strategies. Objectives This research protocol presents a conceptual model leading to formulating an empirically based bioethics framework for antibiotic use, AMR and designing ethically robust strategies to protect human health. Methods Mixed methods res...

background: Infections due to Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) represent a major but little-appreciated health threat. Proper antibiotic sensitivity testing and judicious use of antibiotics are crucial in treatment of such infections. Aims: This study was done to determine the spectrum of infections caused by ExPEC and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern. settings and ...

The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AR) limits the therapeutic options for treatment of infections, and increases the social benefit from disease prevention. Like an environmental resource, antimicrobials require stewardship. The effectiveness of an antimicrobial agent is a global public good. We argue for greater use of economic analysis as an input to policy discussion about AR, inclu...

BACKGROUND Antimicrobial resistance is driven by multiple factors. Resolving the threat to human and animal health presented by drug-resistant infections remains a societal challenge that demands close collaboration between scientists and citizens. We compared current public views about key contributing factors to antimicrobial resistance with those expressed by experts. METHODS Overarching f...

Abstract—Urinary Tract Infections are considered as one of the most common bacterial infections with an estimated annual global incidence of 150 million. Antimicrobial drug resistance is one of the major threats due to wide spread usage of uncontrolled antibiotics. In this study, a total number of 9149 urine samples were collected from R.H Patiala and processed in the Department of Microbiology...

Antimicrobial medications have become a significant issue in the healthcare sector as result of increaseddeath rate from Staphylococcus aureus infections, appearance methicillin-resistant and other multi-drugresistant strains. The study’s goals objectives were determining prevalence MRSA assessing theantibiotic efficacy isolates various clinical samples.Materials Methods: A total 395 isolated s...