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The antibiotic era started in the 1940s and changed the profile of infectious diseases and
human demography. The burgeoning classes and numbers promised much and elimination …

Abstract" Survival of the fittest" holds good for men and animals as also for bacteria. A
majority of bacteria in nature are nonpathogenic, a large number of them, live as …

Antibiotic resistance, a global concern, is particularly pressing in developing nations,
including India, where the burden of infectious disease is high and healthcare spending is …

Resistance in microorganisms is defined as their unresponsiveness to the standard doses of
drugs. Once developed, resistance is usually irreversible or very slow to reverse. Resistance …

Background During the last six decades, extensive use of antibiotics has selected resistant
strains, increasing the rate of fatal infectious diseases, and exerting an economic burden on …

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 …

Antibiotic resistance is currently the greatest challenge to the effective treatment of infections
globally. Resistance adversely affects both clinical and financial therapeutic outcomes, with …

For several decades, antibiotics have been critical in the fight against infectious disease
caused by bacteria and other microbes. Antimicrobial chemotherapy has been a leading …

Antimicrobial resistance is a life threatening challenges to the world. Most of the well-known
antibiotics are currently ineffective to several microbial diseases. Ampicillin, metronidazole …