Antibiotic-resistant infections linked to higher death rates in India, study finds
- ICMR study found antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative infections are deadlier, costlier to treat than susceptible strains.
- Study spanned 20 tertiary-care hospitals across India, conducted between April 2022 and April 2025.
- Mortality risk was 1.16 to 1.43 times higher for patients with carbapenem-resistant infections.
- Over 61% of Gram-negative infections studied were found to be carbapenem-resistant.
Source: firstpost.com
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