{"id":39583,"date":"2022-09-26T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microbenotes.com\/?p=39583"},"modified":"2023-05-17T10:09:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T04:24:24","slug":"antimicrobial-resistance-amr-antibacterial-resistance-abr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microbenotes.com\/antimicrobial-resistance-amr-antibacterial-resistance-abr\/","title":{"rendered":"Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and Antibacterial Resistance (ABR)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)<\/strong> development in pathogenic microorganisms is a major public health issue, which is likely to result in aggravated illness, higher mortality, and escalated treatment costs with limited treatment options. If this problem is left as it is, there is no doubt that the death toll will be far more than 10 million death per year by 2050, as estimated in 2014\u2019s AMR Review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and Antibacterial Resistance (ABR).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of microorganisms to resist themselves from the effect of antimicrobials that were once effective in killing or inhibiting the growth of such microorganisms. The development of antimicrobial resistance allows microbes to grow continuously, even after exposure to antimicrobial agents. If resistance is developed in pathogens, it will increase the recovery period from infection, worsen the infection, increase the medication dosage, and increase the possible mortality rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AMR is more commonly observed and studied in bacteria and fungi. Few parasites have also developed resistance to their treatment options. If bacteria develop resistance against \u201cantibiotics\u201d, then it is termed \u201cantibacterial resistance (ABR)<\/em><\/strong>\u201d. If a fungus develops resistance against \u201cantifungals\u201d, then it is termed \u201cantifungal resistance (AFR<\/em><\/strong>)\u201d. Similarly, \u201cantiviral resistance<\/em><\/strong>\u201d and \u201canthelmintic resistance<\/em><\/strong>\u201d is the development of resistance by viruses and helminths against their treatment options respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antibacterial Resistance (ABR)<\/strong> is the most important among AMR because many pathogenic bacterial species have developed resistance leading to serious infections. Resistance in fungi, viruses, and parasites is minor compared to bacterial resistance, but the report of resistance in them is also increasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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