A Health Journal

Innovation in medical management will continue till there is life on earth. Last century saw the discovery of Alexander Fleming’s penicillin in 1928. While receiving the Nobel prize, he had cautioned that it will be easy for microbes to become resistant to penicillin as well if they are not exposed to sufficient dose, lethal enough to kill them. Despite the development of newer generations of antibiotics after penicillin, most are losing their efficacy due to easy accessibility and irrational use even in healthcare settings, leading to a global antimicrobial resistance crisis. Strategic steps are needed to rein in this threat.