Singh BR
Act. Head of Division of Epidemiology, ICAR-IVRI,
Izatnagar-243122, Uttar Pradesh
India
Review Article
Potential of Herbal Drug and Antibiotic Combination Therapy: A New Approach to Treat Multidrug Resistant Bacteria
Author(s): Bhardwaj M, Singh BR, Sinha DK, Kumar V, Prasanna Vadhana OR, Varan Singh S, Nirupama KR, Pruthvishree and Archana Saraf BS
Bhardwaj M, Singh BR, Sinha DK, Kumar V, Prasanna Vadhana OR, Varan Singh S, Nirupama KR, Pruthvishree and Archana Saraf BS
The word antibiotic emerges from antibiosis mean against life; it is also because of the fact that antibiotics affect our life. Antimicrobial drug use is rampant not only in therapeutics but also in livestock production leading to continuous contamination of our environment. Indiscriminate use of antibiotics has led to emergence and spread of antimicrobial drug resistance in microbes including pathogens leading to an imbalance in the microbiota of our system and the environment. Ominous distribution of antimicrobial drug resistance in microbes, and still then the use of antimicrobials cause several social, economic and psychological complications. At present the challenges are several with us, viz.: 1) The antibiotics, once considered miracle drugs, are now not miraculous and there is hardly any antibiotic available to treat Multiple Drug Resistant (MDR), Extended Drug Resistant (XDR), a.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2153-2435.1000523