{"id":148894,"date":"2021-11-25T20:38:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T15:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=148894"},"modified":"2021-11-25T20:38:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T15:08:28","slug":"antimicrobial-awareness-week-2021-how-resistance-to-antibiotics-develops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/antimicrobial-awareness-week-2021-how-resistance-to-antibiotics-develops\/","title":{"rendered":"Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: How resistance to antibiotics develops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

News: <\/strong>The development of resistance to antimicrobial is a major public health problem all over the world.<\/p>\n

Though the world is trying to develop new drugs, there are difficulties in treatment as a result of the rapid development of resistance to these drugs.<\/p>\n

What is antimicrobial resistance(AMR)?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

It occurs when microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites) evolve and stop responding to medicines, making even minor infections tough to treat, causing severe illnesses and deaths.<\/p>\n

What are the reasons for AMR?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Poor prescription practices, inappropriate antibiotics in pharmacies, and self-medication practices are key determinants of AMR in India.<\/p>\n

What are the different types of AMR?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Natural (intrinsic, structural) resistance: <\/strong>This kind of resistance is caused by the structural characteristics of microbes and is not associated with the use of antimicrobials. It has no hereditary property.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Acquired resistance: <\/strong>Due to changes in the genetic characteristics of microbes, acquired resistance occurs as it is now unaffected by the previous antimicrobial.<\/p>\n

-This kind of resistance occurs mainly due to structures of chromosomes or extrachromosomal such as plasmid, transposon, and others.<\/p>\n

Cross resistance: <\/strong>Some microorganisms are resistant to a certain drug that acts with a similar mechanism as some other drugs. However, sometimes it can also be seen in completely unrelated drug groups.<\/p>\n

-This resistance is usually observed against antibiotics whose structures are similar. This may be the chromosomal or extrachromosomal origin.<\/p>\n

Multi-drug resistance and pan-resistance: <\/strong>These are often bacteria resistant to the antibiotics used to treat them. This means that a particular drug is no longer able to kill or control the bacteria.<\/p>\n

How vaccines can help reduce the AMR burden?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Vaccinations not only prevent diseases but also prevent the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).<\/p>\n

-Prevention of infections through vaccines results in reduced use of anti-microbials for treatment, reducing the emergence of resistance.<\/p>\n

What are the steps taken in this regard?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Global Action Plan (GAP) on AMR<\/strong> was launched in 2015 by WHO. Today, almost 80 countries have announced National Action Plans to address AMR at a national level.<\/p>\n

In India<\/strong>, the recent announcement to universalize PCV<\/strong> across the country would protect children not only from pneumococcal disease, but also protect children and other populations from the emergence of drug-resistant pneumococcal disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong> This post is based on the articles \u201cAntimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: How resistance to antibiotics develops<\/strong>\u201d and “Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: How vaccines can help reduce India\u2019s AMR burden<\/strong>” published in Down To Earth<\/strong> on 24 Nov 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News: The development of resistance to antimicrobial is a major public health problem all over the world. Though the world is trying to develop new drugs, there are difficulties in treatment as a result of the rapid development of resistance to these drugs. What is antimicrobial resistance(AMR)? It occurs when microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi, and… Continue reading Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: How resistance to antibiotics develops<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212],"class_list":["post-148894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704809603},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}