October 2018 – PHAGElogist

My new publication in PLoS ..

Isolation, characterization and in vivo efficacy of Escherichia phage myPSH1131 Prasanth Manohar, Ashok J. Tamhankar, Cecilia Stalsby Lundborg, Nachimuthu Ramesh Published: October 24, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206278

Your Antibiotic Abuse is Taking India to a Primitive Age Without Antibiotics, Says Experts…

The lack of restrictions on access to antibiotics and their irrational use, non-standardized microbiology laboratories, use of antibiotics in animal husbandry and fisheries, and lack of sanitation are leading to…

Research award 2018, VIT. My 3rd Research Award in VIT..

Breastfeeding protects infants from antibiotic-resistant bacteria

This is a very interesting study and in one of our studies, we found that antibiotic-resistant bacteria is found in newborns. The mode of transfer could be through fetus. I…

Can We Kill Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs?

https://www.nanalyze.com/2018/10/can-we-kill-superbugs/

Revealed: the world’s largest animal drugs company sells antibiotics to Indian farms to fatten livestock despite superbug risk..

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/revealed-worlds-largest-animal-drugs-company-sells-antibiotics/ It is estimated 100,000 babies a year in India die from infections caused by resistant bugs. Worldwide they’re believed to kill 700,000 people, according to a British government-commissioned review in…

Meet the trillions of viruses that make up your virome

https://www.indiatvnews.com/ap/world-news-meet-the-trillions-of-viruses-that-make-up-your-virome-470132 It may be hard to fathom, but the human body is occupied by large collections of microorganisms, commonly referred to as our microbiome, that have evolved with us since…

Is There a Way Around? Scientists Find New Weapon Against Superbug Behind Infant Deaths

In India, as elsewhere in South East Asia, many interlinked factors—including overuse of antibiotics, limited clinical diagnostic and laboratory capacity, and poor infection control, hygiene, and sanitation—have contributed to the emergence…

Tackling the source of drug resistance in India

1. Kerala: Tackling the source of drug resistance Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/65945473.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst 2. NGO launches awareness campaign against antibiotic overuse https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ngo-launches-awareness-campaign-against-antibiotic-overuse-118100301114_1.html 3. Indian Initiative for Management of Antibiotic Resistance (IIMAR)…

Colistin resistance is growing in India…

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/mechanism-of-colistin-resistance-in-klebsiella-bacteria-unravelled/article25081715.ece