1st Edition

Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborative Measures of Control

Edited By Sunil Dasharath Saroj Copyright 2023
364 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

364 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Antimicrobial resistance has existed in nature long before the discovery of antibiotics. The mechanisms of resistance are prevalent among the bacterial population. Over a period of time and facilitated by indiscriminate usage of antibiotics, these mechanisms are transferred from one type of bacteria to another, including the pathogenic ones. In addition, the rate of discovery of novel... Read more

Microbial Threats - The AMR pandemic

Rajashri Banerji and Sunil D. Saroj

Diversity in the Development and Transmission of AMR

Riya Joshi, Agnita Roychowdhury, and Sunil D. Saroj

Alternatives to Combat AMR: Hunt for Novel Antimicrobials

Amrita Bhagwat, Tiyasa Haldar, and Sunil D. Saroj

Antimicrobials in Growth and Development

Ujjayni Saha, Ranjika Bhattacharya, and Sunil D. Saroj

Antimicrobial and Antibiotic Resistance in Developing Countries: Health Economics, Global Governance, and Sustainable Development Goals

Stefano Greco, Romans Putans, and Lauma Springe

Disease Economics: Economic aspects of Anti-Bacterial and Anti-Microbial Resistance: Comparative analysis of Europe and other world regions

Romans Putans and Lauma Springe

Leveraging Health Diplomacy in achieving AMR Policy Coherence

Sanjay Pattanshetty and Helmut Brand

AMR policies and Implementation issues: Developed vs Developing Countries

Himanshu Sekhar Pradhan, Jyoti Prakash, Kiranjeet Kaur, Mousumi Samal, and Sudhir Kumar Satpathy

Implementation Challenges in Healthcare-associated Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention and Control in India

Prakash Narayanan, Rakshitha K, and Helmut Brand

Combating AMR through Behavior Change : Role of Higher Education Institutes

Meenakshi Sood, Vinay Kumari, and Bunty Sharma

Behavioural Change: Role of NGOs to Combat AMR

Dona Boban, Kiranjeet Kaur, and Sanjeev K Singh

Measures in Preserving the effectiveness of Existing Antimicrobials

Himanshu Sekhar Pradhan, Jyoti Prakash, Mousumi Samal, and Sudhir Kumar Satpathy

Technology Solutions to AMR: Focus Paediatric Population

Preethi John, Shweta Jindal, Deena Mariyam, and Honey Tandon

Human resources capacity building for AMR Stewardship programme

Preethi John, Navneet Kaur Bains, Sandhya Vashisht, and Keerti Bhusan Pradhan

Combating AMR- One Health Approach

Dona Boban, Kiranjeet Kaur, and Sanjeev K Singh

Index

Biography

Dr. Sunil D. Saroj (Associate Professor, Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), India) During my Ph.D. in Microbiology from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India, I was exposed to the fascinating life of microbes. Bacterial pathogens have efficient mechanisms to overcome the stress that could affect their growth and survival. The stress factors include both growth-promoting and growth-inhibiting molecules. The biggest challenge the bacterial pathogens must face is from antimicrobials, bacteriophages, and the host immune system. In nature, these bacterial pathogens are present in close association with other bacteria and their hosts. To overcome these challenges and preserve their existence, the bacteria have developed communication systems, wherein they share chemical and genetic information with the other bacteria. The role of these interspecies communications in virulence and antimicrobial resistance was pursued further during my post-doctoral experience at the Chiba University (Japan), Emory University (USA), and Stockholm University (Sweden). I understand that the issue of antimicrobial resistance could not be resolved by just discovery of novel antibiotics; additional novel intervention strategies are required.