Indo-Asian scenario of microbes, infections, antibiotics and resistance - By Dr. A. J. Tamhankar (Research Associate: Sandeep Nerkar)

Watch out for sexually transmitted 'superbug': expert Manoramaonline....."Surveillance of the anti-microbial resistance (AMR) in gonorrhea is currently being researched and India needs to be cautious about this as well," Gupta ...  
Malaysia – South East Asia– ReAct: joint education project launched  
India leads world with 25 lakh TB cases, says WHO- The Asian Age.......The five countries with the highest incidence in 2010 were India (2.5 million) ...bacterial infection that can be treated with a reliable antibiotic regime ...  
Superbug beats drugs, claims fourth life-Independent Online....... isan enzyme that makes bacteria resistant to a wide range of antibiotics, ... and infection prevention precautions were being observed. 
Superbug may be 'more widespread'- Times LIVE......NDM-1is an enzyme produced by bacteria, making bacteria resistant to antibiotics. On Saturday, a fourth patient infected with the enzyme died at the ... 
Superbug: no cause for panic- Times LIVE.......NDM-1is an antibiotic-resistant enzyme produced by specific bacteria. Of the 10 patients who tested ... NDM-1 was first identified in New Delhi, India. ... 
Can we find cure to these scourges?- Deccan Herald.......Moreover,India also has the largest multi-drug resistant tuberculosis ...when the tuberculosis bacteria develop resistance to one or several antibiotics. ... 

Indo-Asian scenario of microbes, infections, antibiotics and resistance - By Dr. A. J. Tamhankar (Research Associate: Sandeep Nerkar)

ReAct group :Focus on Antimicrobial Resistance In Asia

Ban on antibiotics for crops likely in India 

INDIA: HealthMinister confirms the presence of antibiotic-resistant “superbug”-IMTJ...Theresearch team followed up with a report in April that found evidence of NDM-1positive bacteria in Delhi's water supply. They suggest ..........overuse of antibioticsand a lack of infection control procedures...

New discoveries ondrug resistance in Leishmania-News-Medical.net.......... that only a smallnumber of genes may cause different symptoms of infection. ... Nepal and India that had different responses to antibiotic medications. ... 

Different paths todrug resistance in Leishmania-EurekAlert.......The team used this as areference framework to analyse a further 16 isolates from Nepal and India thathad different responses to antibiotic medications. ... 

Deadly bug hits SouthAfrica-Times LIVE.....infection control measures and "prudent antibioticusage" were critical factors in reducing the "ongoing emergence"of antibiotic resistance worldwide.  NDM-1 originated in India.. 
Wanted: Better,safer, cheaper TB drugs- Arab News........In case of HIV/TB co-infection theproblem gets compounded due to severe drug-... In 2011, additional sites wereopened in India, China and Africa, ...