Antimicrobial resistance is a significant global health concern and is often referred to as the "next pandemic" or a "silent tsunami" due to its potential to cause widespread illness and death.

1. The Next Pandemic
Mustafa Masood
M.Sc. Medical Microbiology
Antimicrobial Resistance

2. Contents
 Pandemic
 What are Antimicrobials?
 What is AMR ?
 Antimicrobial Resistance: The next pandemic?
 The Consequences of AMR Pandemic

3. Covid-19 pandemic
 IN 2020, The WHO declared the
COVID-19 outbreak is a pandemic.
 In 2023 that COVID-19 no longer
qualifies as a “global health
emergency”
Globally, this pandemic lead to 6,935,889 deaths.

4. Bacterial infections Fungal infections
In China, a study
reported the isolation of
159 bacterial strains from
102 COVID-19 patients
having secondary
infections.
Patients experience
aspergillosis,
candidiasis, and
mucormycotic.
Some of these infections
have shown resistance to
antifungal treatment.
Secondary infections during the pandemic

5. What are Antimicrobials?

6. What is AMR?
- Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is
when microorganisms, change over
time and no longer respond to
Antimicrobial.
- This makes infections harder to treat
and can lead to more severe illness
and death.

7. Antimicrobial resistance: The next
pandemic?
- Currently, at least 700,000 people die
each year due to drug-resistant
microorganisms.
- AMR could cause 10 million deaths
each year by 2050.
- Damage to the economy as the 2008-
2009 global financial crisis.

8. In 2019, the World Health
Organization (WHO) declared AMR
as one of the top 10 global public
health threats facing humanity.

10. What caused this pandemic?

11. 1. Overuse and
misuse of
antimicrobials.
2. Agriculture &
Veterinary.
3. Poor
sanitation.

12. 4. There are no new antibiotics in the clinical trials.

13. Longer hospital
stays
Increased risk of
outbreaks
What will be the consequences of AMR
pandemic?
Increased risk of
surgical
complications
Reduced access
to safe food

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