Department of Microbiology and Immunology, North East Medical College and Hospital, South Surma, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh
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Is the COVID19 Pandemic Accelerating the Existing Public Health Problem of Antimicrobial Resistance?
Author(s): Mohammod Kamrul Islam*
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world as we see it. It has caused pain and loss across the globe in terms
of human life. Economies have been broken. As a pandemic, it is causing suffering across the borders of the world.
This article aims to investigate one other global public health problem that has been with us for decades, the
antimicrobial resistance in relation to this pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has instigated the use of antibiotics
and other antimicrobials both with and without evidence. The abuse of these antimicrobials is due to several factors
including medical, cultural, and political and others. There is evidence that antimicrobial resistance was already on
the rise but during this pandemic, we might just have accelerated it. .. View more»