HYDERABAD: Antibiotics are becoming more effective every year in treating common diseases. Urinary tract infection (UTI), pneumonia, typhoid, blood and lung infections, or E. Treatment of conditions such as diarrhea caused by E. coli infections takes longer than usual, which can increase antibiotic resistance.

The latest annual report from January to December 2023 of the Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Surveillance Network across the country, including Hyderabad, shows that most common antibiotics are ineffective in treating the disease fever, urinary tract infection, increased immunity to local infection, diarrhea etc. Different types of antibiotics.

For years, antibiotics designed to kill cholinergics and prevent self-repair have been overused and ineffective. The ICMR report states: “The number of E. coli isolates will decrease from 56.8% in 2017 to 42% in 2023 with decreasing susceptibility to the antibiotic piperacillin-tazobactam (ie the bacteria have mutated and do not respond well to the antibiotic)”.

Explanation he””The problem of antibiotic resistance is increasing over time, and susceptibility to existing antibiotics is decreasing, making it more difficult to treat infections, as they can have many common causes.” The disease is incurable and can lead to morbidity and mortality.

Increased resistance to some broad-spectrum antibiotics has been observed. “Over the past seven years, resistance to ciprofloxacin (from 26% in 2017 to 38.5% in 2023) and levofloxacin (from 31.3% in 2017 to 34.5% in 2023) has been observed,” the study said.

Bacterial pathogens that cause bloodstream infections in hospitalized patients, such as Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae, have developed widespread resistance to certain antibiotics. “80% of Klebsiella pneumoniae and 91% of

Acinetobacter baumannii infections are resistant to imipenem.Studies have shown that about 63% of Staphylococcus aureus infections and about 42.7% of Enterococcus faecalis infections were resistant to oxacillin and vancomycin, respectively.

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https://www.business-standard.com/health/india-faces-growing-threat-as-key-antibiotics-lose-effectiveness-says-icmr-124092300738_1.html

Antibiotics lose effectiveness as common infections rise