Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 8

An Overview on Antibiotic use and resistance

1Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Vels University (VISTAS), Chennai

2Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Analysis, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Vels University (VISTAS), Chennai

*Corresponding Author E-mail: hodpchemistry@velsuniv.ac.in

Online published on 26 March, 2018.

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance is a very important challenge to the Medical Staffs in the treatment of infectious diseases. Over the recent years many papers have been published regarding Antibiotic uses and its resistance. We have referred various articles which have published on the uses of antibiotics, over the counter drug use, multi drug resistance, gene transfer and epidemiological studies and based on that we have prepared a mini summary which has been highlighted particular on the integration of data, uses, causes of resistance and mechanism of action of antibiotics in this article.

Keywords

Resistance, Mechanism of action, Infectious diseases