The importance of prompt empiric therapy is clear: it leads to better survival among patients with both community- and hospital-acquired infections. Tools such as antibiograms are used to help guide ...

Thiruvananthapuram: To assess the level of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Kerala and to coordinate efforts to combat it, the 2023 antibiogram (AMR surveillance report) released by health minister ...

An antibiogram, a report card for bacteria that helps doctors choose the right antibiotic to treat an infection, at the district level is considered to be the first such initiative in the country.

Kerala has become the first State in the country to bring out an antibiogram. The State’s first antibiogram (2021) shows that antimicrobial resistance (antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause ...

Kerala has released its antibiogram for the third consecutive year, a reflection of the State’s commitment to strengthen the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which poses a significant ...