The resistance occurs when a bacterium becomes so powerful that antibiotics fail to check its growth
The main cause for resistance is overuse of antibiotics.
For every 100 hospitalised pediatric patients across India who may need a common antibiotic called ampicillin to fight infections, chances are it won’t help 95 of them. In 75% of hospitalised children, especially those younger than one month old, another common antibiotic, gentamycin, may not work.
The reason, according a recent study by pediatricians of Apollo Hospital in Navi Mumbai, is that antibiotic resistance has risen to alarming levels among India’s youngest.
The study’s authors Dr Dhanya Dharmapalan and Dr Vijay Yewale presented their findings at a conference in Madrid last month, suggesting setting up an expert group at corporation or district levels to track antibiotic use.
The study is perhaps the first largest pooled data on resistance in bloodstream infections in Indian children.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/alarming-rise-in-childrens-resistance-to-antibiotics/articleshow/59089940.cms
