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More than 1.2 mn people died from drug-resistant infections in 2019: Study

Drug-resistant bacteria and other microbes are rising due to the misuse and overuse of antibiotics, say health officials.

Black fungus: 106,300 vials of Amphotericin-B allocated to states, UTs

Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers DV Sadananda Gowda on Monday said that 1,06,300 vials of black fungus drugs Amphotericin B have been allocated to states, union territories and to the Central Institutions."Ensuring significant availability of Liposomal #Amphotericin B, additional 106300 vials of the drug have been allocated across all the States/UTs and Central Institutions today," Sadananda Gowda said in a tweet.The Minister said that a total of 53,000 vials of Conventional Amphotericin B have also been allocated to all the states, UTs and Central Institutions today."A total of 53,000 vials of Conventional #Amphotericin B have also been allocated to all the States/UTs & Central Institutions today. The allocation of #ConventionalAmphotericin B is being made to ensure its smooth supply and timely treatment of patients," he said in another tweet.He further said that additional 9,400 vials of Liposomal Amphotericin B and 4,680 vials of Conventional Amphotericin B have ..

56% of Covid-19 patients with secondary infection die: ICMR study

Many patients needed potent antibiotics as they had superbugs and couldn't be treated with regular ones.

Decoded: Why are black, white and yellow fungal infections on the rise now?

What are these infections, why are their cases rising and how does one protect against them?

Excessive antibiotics use in Covid-19 cases adds 'fuel to fire' in India

Doctors battling to save lives amid a dearth of effective treatments are turning to the medicines they have on hand.

Colour coding of fungal infections could be misleading: AIIMS chief

AIIMS director Randeep Guleria on Monday said it is better to identify mucormycosis by its name rather than by the colour as labelling the same fungus with names of different colors can create confusion. Addressing a press conference by the Union health ministry, he clarified that no definite link of mucormycosis has been seen with oxygen therapy. Many patients taking treatment at home, who were not on oxygen therapy, have also been found to get infected with mucormycosis. So there is no definite link between oxygen therapy and catching the infection, he said. Guleria underlined that it is better not to use the term black fungus' while talking about mucormycosis, as it leads to a lot of avoidable confusion. "Labelling the same fungus with names of different colors can create confusion. Mucormycosis is not a communicable disease, unlike COVID-19. About 90-95 per cent of patients getting infected with mucormycosis are found to have been either diabetic and/or taking steroids. This ..

Know your infection: How antibiotic remedy can have adverse health effects

Many severe infections are a result of mixed infections, with bacteria and viruses

Take a 15-minute test to identify drug-resistant bacterial infections

Test costs less than one dollar and can be carried out using equipment already owned by hospitals