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Volume 5, Issue 3 (Suppl)
J Infect Dis Ther, an open access journal
ISSN:2332-0877
Infectious Diseases 2017
August 21-23, 2017
3
rd
Annual Congress on
Infectious Diseases
August 21-23, 2017 San Francisco, USA
Nibedita Das et al., J Infect Dis Ther 2017, 5:3 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877-C1-027
Antimicrobial resistance management in India- policy, guidelines and recommendations
Nibedita Das
1
and
Mili Sarkar
2
1
Institute of Serology, India
2
IDSP, India
Introduction:
Resistance to antimicrobial agent has resulted in morbidity and mortality from treatment failures and
increased health care costs. Although defining the precise public health risk and estimating the increase in cost is not a
simple task and there is little doubt that emergent antibiotic resistance is a serious global problem. The easy availability of
antimicrobials in India increases the problem manifolds. Incorporation of these drugs into herbal remedies also leads to in-
appropriates use of antimicrobials.
Methodology:
Two studies were conducted on extended spectrum beta lactamase resistance pattern in two different parts of
India. The first study was conducted in September 2007 on urinary isolates received from tertiary care hospital in North Eastern
part of India. The second study was done in January 2010 on respiratory isolates received from an urban slum community in
West Bengal, India.
Results:
Both the studies revealed that emergence of ESBL resistance is becoming a serious threat to the health care sector.
Conclusion:
The Government of India has come up with policies defining this public health problem and incorporation of
antibiotic stewardship programs into the healthcare sector is becoming an absolute necessity.
Biography
Nibedita Das works as a Specialist (Microbiology) at Institute of Serology, Govt. of India, and Kolkata, India. She specializes in investigation of epidemics and
has done substantial work as a Public Health Microbiologist at All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Govt. of India, Kolkata India. Her avid interest is in
antimicrobial resistance. Many of her research papers have been published in national and international journals.
nibeditad@gmail.com