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

Thailand – ”about 30 000 deathsclaimed by drug resistance yearly”; and the awareness that high consumers of antibiotics have greater risk of MRB  –Bangkok Post

 Indonesia – Sweden, Australia and Holland as good examples in MRB/MRSA fight – Jakarta Post 

Vietnam – enterococcallink between poultry and human urinary tract infections – study in EID 

Venus Remedies gets US patent for antibiotic product: Hindu Business Line.....The company is planning to launch this drug in India under the brand name   

Venus Remedies gets US patent for antibiotic: Business Standard...... the US Patent Office for new antibiotic product which targets drug resistant infections. ... Press Trust of India 

India – study shows zink may reduce mortality in sepsis when given as an adjunct to standard antibiotics; published in the Lancet, here mirrored in The Indian Express 

'Acticoat Silver Dressings Destroy Deadly Bacteria'..MedicalNews Today Individuals who were previously hospitalized in India or Pakistan, where the resistance-causing enzyme that is carried by bacteria is widespread, repeatedly brought the superbug to the UK. NDM-1, an enzyme capable of destroying antibiotics, ... 

”There are lots of evidences that it/India/ is one of theepicenters/of antibiotic resistance," said Kumarasamy, a microbiologist in Chennai – Voice of America 

”Indians popping more antibiotics than ever” – i a, carbapenem sales are steeply going up, according to a study by CDDEP – Times of India 

Pill that's killing us - Mumbai Mirror...Doctors peg Mumbai's public hospital-acquired infections at more than 10 per cent, a chunk of which is caused by drug resistance. While India gains notoriety for its abuse of antibiotics, Mumbai is emerging as the numerouno city cut out for serious