NEW DELHI -More than 80 per cent of Indian patients carry multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), the highest globally, according to an alarming study released on November 18. This reflects the deep ...

Introduction More than 75% of the global population resides in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where ...

A multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) is a living organism, bacteria, or fungi that has evolved and mutated to protect itself from medications that were once used to treat the infection they cause.

A new study finds that Indian patients carry the highest burden of multidrug-resistant organisms among the US, Italy and the Netherlands. India has become the epicentre of antibiotic resistance in the ...

A recent international study published in The Lancet eClinical Medicine triggered widespread worry after reports suggested that India had one of the world's highest burdens of "superbug infections." ...

Superbugs, bacteria that no longer respond to standard antibiotics, aren't just a future threat. They are already here, and India appears to be at the epicentre. A new large-scale, multinational study ...

In-hospital mortality was significantly associated with MDR coverage and acute organ dysfunction. Empiric concomitant coverage of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and ...

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