Dr. Prasanth Manohar, Ph.D., – Page 35 – PHAGElogist

Antimicrobial Resistance Is a Serious Threat To Public Health in India

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), brewing unnoticeably for the past couple of decades, has now evolved into a potential public-health emergency on the cusp of threatening our medical fraternity in the near…

Engineered viruses to fight the antibiotic-resistant bacteria

As the world fights the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, another group of dangerous pathogens looms in the background. The threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been growing for years and appears to…

Public Awareness: Calling phage researchers

With all the latest improvements in the bacteriophage research, there is a better understanding about the biology of bacteriophages in bacterial infections and the safety of phage therapy. Now, it…

Mouse study shows bacteriophage therapy could fight drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

Using viruses instead of antibiotics to tame troublesome drug-resistant bacteria is a promising strategy, known as bacteriophage or “phage therapy.” Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have used two…

INDIA: Dissemination of carbapenem resistance -My latest publication

Title: Dissemination of carbapenem resistance and plasmids encoding carbapenemases in Gram-negative bacteria isolated in India Background: Carbapenem resistance in Gram-negative bacteria is an ongoing public health problem of global dimensions…

Antibiotic Game-Changer: Phages Can Anticipate Bacteria’s Location and Destroy Them Before They Cause an Infection

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions have identified a novel strategy that can eliminate bacteria in a specific location before they cause an infection. The strategy uses…

The silent pandemic of antibiotic resistance

A South African doctor’s prescription to stop poorer countries from losing access to many of modern medicine’s advances Southern Africa has long been burdened by the scourges of HIV, tuberculosis…

The invisible pandemic of drug resistance

Widespread resistance to antibiotics can compromise battle against future pandemics. Government guidelines on pharmaceutical effluents are first step in mitigating such risks Pandemics are a play of geopolitical power –…

New Phage Therapy Could Predict And Fight Infection Before It Happens

Even if you fight off a stomach bug, the period of 3-5 days with stomach pains, throwing up, and all sorts of nasty symptoms simply sucks. Infections are horrible to deal with, and with…

Antibiotic intake in India rises by 30% in a decade

The percentage change in total use between 2010 and 2020 has also been about 48% (47.40%), says the report by Washington-based Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDEEP). Antibiotic…