With each passing year, antibiotics that are meant to treat common ailments are turning out to be ineffective. Treating ailments like Urinary Tract Infections (UTI), pneumonia, typhoid, infections of blood, lungs, or diarrhea due to E-coli infection is taking more time than usual, all thanks to the increasing resistance to antibiotics.
Latest ‘Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Surveillance Network’ annual report data, between January 2023 and December 2023, taken-up across the country including Hyderabad, has given a clear indication that the most common class of antibiotics have become ineffective in treating ailments.