An uninvited enemy: antimicrobial resistance and its relations with environment

According to the reports from the World Health Organization (WHO), AMR (Antimicrobial Resistance) is a rising problem for human beings. AMR could invalidate all efforts that human beings have made in the field of antibiotics. For example, AMR Mycobacterium Tuberculosis has taken away thousands of lives in patients all over the world, while their resistance to the most prevailing medicines, including Rifampicin and Streptomycin no longer works. In the history of the continuous battle between bacteria and human beings, it seems that the emergence of AMR in bacteria is not random; rather, they seem to follow a certain pattern related to climate change. This thesis, through the method of literature and case study, aims to give a hypothesis supported by the data and facts to elaborate on this pattern, which is not yet scientifically proven. According to the perception with the aid of resources, the heat waves happening in the last centu ry until now might have correlations with the emergence of AMR.