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Anti Microbial Resistance (Effects (Multi drug resistant TB, Hampering our…
Anti Microbial Resistance
Causes
Unchecked and uninformed use of antimicrobials.
Use in animal growth
Poor prevention practices
Over the counter availability of antimicrobials
Effects
Multi drug resistant TB
Hampering our fight against HIV and Malaria
Prolonged illness as medications don't respond
higher health care expenditure
hospital acquired drug resistant microbes is another issue
Way outs
National Anti Microbial resistant policy is being prepared
Always buy medications as per the prescription given by the doctor
Why AMR?
Two ways
Intrinsic resistance
innate ability of an organism to resist a class of anti microbial
Acquired resistance
acquiring the gene coding for resistance