Combating Antibiotic resistance has become a great challenge for clinicians due to inappropriate use of antibiotics. Antibiotics once considered being magic bullet is no more having that title. Recommendation in AMR situation in India by Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Treatment Guidelines for Antimicrobial Use by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) India emphasized the need for regional surveillance starting from the level of state to an individual hospital has been motivation behind the study. Three hospitals in region of Cuddalore in Tamilnadu (India) have been the source of specimen for isolation of Escherichia coli during the period of January to July 2019. Antibiogram reports were collected during the study period and utilized for the study. |
