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ReviewThe Lancet. Infectious diseases2023

How can lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic enhance antimicrobial resistance surveillance and stewardship?

Kamini Walia, Marc Mendelson, Gagandeep Kang, Ramasubramanian Venkatasubramanian, Rina Sinha, Sonam Vijay, Balaji Veeraraghavan, Buddha Basnyat, Camilla Rodrigues, Nitin Bansal and 4 more

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Review in The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Kamini WaliaDivision of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi 110029, India. Electronic address: waliakamini@yahoo.co.in.
Marc MendelsonDivision of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Gagandeep KangDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Ramasubramanian VenkatasubramanianDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India.
Rina SinhaWorld Health Organization, Country Office for India, New Delhi, India.
Sonam VijayDivision of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi 110029, India.
Balaji VeeraraghavanChristian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, India.
Buddha BasnyatOxford University Clinical Research Unit, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Camilla RodriguesDepartment of Microbiology, PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Nitin BansalDivision of Infectious Diseases, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India.
Pallab RayDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Purva MathurDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Ram GopalakrishnanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India.
Vinod C OhriDivision of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi 110029, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 demanded urgent and immediate global attention, during which other public health crises such as antimicrobial resistance (AMR) increased silently, undermining patient safety and the life-saving ability of several antimicrobials. In 2019, WHO declared AMR a top ten global public health threat facing humanity, with misuse and overuse of antimicrobials as the main drivers in the development of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. AMR is steadily on the rise, especially in low-income and middle-income countries across south Asia, South America, and Africa. Extraordinary circumstances often demand an extraordinary response as did the COVID-19 pandemic, underscoring the fragility of health systems across the world and forcing governments and global agencies to think creatively. The key strategies that helped to contain the increasing SARS-CoV-2 infections included a focus on centralised governance with localised implementation, evidence-based risk communication and community engagement, use of technological methods for tracking and accountability, extensive expansion of access to diagnostics, and a global adult vaccination programme. The extensive and indiscriminate use of antimicrobials to treat patients, particularly in the early phase of the pandemic, have adversely affected AMR stewardship practices. However, there were important lessons learnt during the pandemic, which can be leveraged to strengthen surveillance and stewardship, and revitalise efforts to address the AMR crisis.

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COVID-19AdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Anti-Bacterial Agents

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