Matrujyoti Pattnaik, Ashish Kumar Nayak, Sonam Karna, Tanveer Rehman, Subrat Kumar Sahoo, Subrata Kumar Palo, Srikanta Kanungo, Jaya Singh Kshatri, Debaprasad Parai, Kamini Walia, Sanghamitra Pati, Debdutta Bhattacharya
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been one of the biggest global health threats in recent years, mostly in low- and middle-income countries, which requires urgent research using a multidisciplinary research approach. The use of large quantities of antimicrobial drugs inappropriately for humans, poultry and agriculture has been recognized as a leading cause of antibiotic resistance and the predominance of drug-resistance pathogens in the environment. This protocol aims to describe the use/misuse of antibiotics (ABs) in the community and evaluate clinical samples from healthcare settings to detect genes associated with antimicrobial resistance...
2024: Frontiers in Public Health