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

Savita's death may have been due to resistant bacteria strain...Irish Examiner....The significance of these organisms is in the fact that they are resistant to almost all available antibiotics. We had media frenzy over the last decade ...
Are we causing antibiotic resistance by trying to prevent it?..PLoS Blogs....In India, where Andrew Read studies infectious disease, resistance is so prevalent that ... (By the way, we're not just talking antibiotics for bacteria; ...
KMC moots policy to check multidrug resistant bacteria....Times of India....As per the policy, doctors in the hospital will prescribe antibiotics ...TOI that giving treatment to patients infected by multi-drug-resistant bacteria is ...
Antibiotic cocktails to flush superbugs epidemic....Times of Oman...... in India increasingly relied on cocktails to treat patients with multi-drug resistant infections. Mutant germs producing an antibiotic-destroying enzyme ...
India moves to tackle antibiotic resistance.....Nature.com....At the Tata Memorial Centre in Mumbai, where the oncologist works, at least half of bacterial samples from patients with infections are resistant to...
Malaysia - a one-month campaign to educate medical practitioners to use antibiotics sparingly will be launched Oct 16 jointly organised by the Ministry of Health, Malaysian Medical Association and Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society – The Star  
Antibiotics Smart Use: a workable model for promoting the rational use of medicines in Thailand 
How big is the TB problem in India? Weekly Blitz.... TB bacteria can become resistant to the common ...antibiotic-resistance is a major threat for control of all infectious diseases.

Malaysia –excessive use of antibiotics for urinary tract infections; and especially in private clinics – New Straits Times; and a month-long campaign is to start in October – NST 2

Viet Nam – 5 – 8%of patients gets Hospital Acquired Infections, and hand hygiene compliance low – Thanh Nien

‘India should devise plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance’ – The Hindu 

Antimicrobial Drug–Resistant Escherichia coli in Wild Birds and Free-range Poultry, Bangladesh 

Japan – baby death in MRSA shortly after admittance into Nagoya hospital NICU stirs apology from Hospital Director, and investigation – Asahi.com

Prevent pneumonia to lower infant mortalityrate: India...Times of India....25% of pneumococcal infections globally are due to serotype 19A, an emerging serotype associated with antibiotic resistance and responsible for the rise in...

Declining Antibiotic sensitivity over 10 years in AIIMS, New Delhi – Financial Express

“THECHENNAI DECLARATION”– INDIA’S MEDICAL SOCIETIES JOIN FORCES AGAINST Anti Microbial Ressitance......For the first time ever, medical societies of India has taken a joint initiative on fighting the antimicrobial resistance issue. A product of the pre-conference meeting ”A road-map to tackle the challenge of antimicrobial resistance”