Revista de trastornos alimentarios y nutricionales

Antimicrobial Resistance and Antibiotics as a Nutritional Resource

Allice William

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is recognized as one of the complex problems and bacteria have acquired resistance to a wide range of antimicrobials used due to its abuse in growth promotion, treatment of diseases etc. Identifying the alternatives and bringing out comprehensive alternatives to antibiotics is the need of the hour to further reduce the impacts. Antibiotics are to be employed only when they are utmost needed (antibiotic prudency) and at the most close for treatment of diseases.