The Antimicrobial Resistance Trend Pattern in A Subset Population of West Bengal

A deadly pandemic has threatened the world and is witnessing severe climate change.Constant environmental changes are leading to various viral/bacterial infections, which have increased the consumption of antibiotics.The rise in usage of antibiotics has increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic and post-COVID era.Generally, the most prescribed antibiotics fall under the broad-spectrum range as these work on many gram-positive and gram-negative disease-causing bacteria.There has been an increase in the accessibility and affordability of antibiotics among the population.The primordial factor for this is the over-the-counter buying of antibiotics followed by frequent usage of antibiotics.Patients often only finish part of the course of antibiotics.Frequent consumption of antibiotics and not completing the whole course of the antibiotics pose a severe and potentially irreversible threat to the healthy microbiome of the human intestine and a resistance pattern against the antibiotics.The study specifically focuses on understanding the antibiotic resistance pattern in the post-COVID scenario on the gut microbiome of the West Bengal population, making it particularly relevant to the local healthcare community.It underscores the urgent need for responsible antibiotic use, public awareness of the use of antibiotics, and antimicrobial resistance.