The importance of prompt empiric therapy is clear: it leads to better survival among patients with both community- and hospital-acquired infections. Tools such as antibiograms are used to help guide ...

Thiruvananthapuram: To assess the level of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Kerala and to coordinate efforts to combat it, the 2023 antibiogram (AMR surveillance report) released by health minister ...

An antibiogram, a report card for bacteria that helps doctors choose the right antibiotic to treat an infection, at the district level is considered to be the first such initiative in the country.

Diabetes Patients Have Higher Mortality from Infections Antibiograms help guide the selection of the best empiric antimicrobial treatment when microbiology culture and susceptibility results are ...

CHENNAI: The National Hub for Healthcare Instrumentation Development (NHHID) funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has developed a portable ‘antibiogram’ device that will help ...

Kerala has become the first State in the country to bring out an antibiogram. The State’s first antibiogram (2021) shows that antimicrobial resistance (antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause ...

The State’s antibiogram or the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance report 2025 was released by Health Minister Veena George. The data show there is a slight dip in AMR. The annual report of ...

Kerala has released district-level antibiograms for five districts for 2025, becoming the first state in the country to publish antibiogram reports at the district level.