Four in every 10 patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) are not responding to available antibiotics due to their overuse and misuse, according to government data released yesterday, raising fresh concerns about the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.
Indiscriminate use of antibiotics in livestock is fuelling antimicrobial resistance in bacteria, an emerging threat that could have serious implications for public health and human resources in the future, Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter has warned.
The misuse and overuse of antibiotics is causing a rise to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) amongst patients, particularly in intensive care
Antibiotic resistance is the new bacterial normal. About a hundred years ago with the discovery of penicillin, the antibiotic revolution commenced the era of modern medicine.
