2. WHY RESISTANCE IS A CONCERN
• Resistant organisms lead to treatment failure
• Increased mortality
• Resistant bacteria may spread in Community
• Low level resistance can go undetected
• Added burden on healthcare costs
• Threatens to return to pre-antibiotic era
• Selection pressure
9. EDUCATIONALACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE APPROPRIATE USE OF
ANTIMICROBIALAGENTS IN ANIMAL HEALTH
• Veterinary Curriculum
• State-based Interventions
10. Strategy of Containment
Antibiotic Resistance
Evolutionary
Process
Faulty Use of
Antibiotics
Hospital Environmental
Empirical Use Definitive Use
Community Acquired
Antibiotic Resistance
Hospital Acquired
Antibiotic Resistance
Use of antimicrobials before
pathogen responsible for a particular
illness or the susceptibility to a
particular antimicrobial is known
11. HOW THE COMPLEXITY
OF THE RESISTANCE PROBLEM DEDUCED
Do not use Faulty Antimicrobial Antimicrobial warranted or not