‘Antibiotic addict’ India Losing Fight Against Lethal Bacteria
With antibiotic use increasing by 43% in India from 2000 to 2010, resistance to the deadly E Coli, which causes food poisoning and abdominal cramps, too has been growing in India
India is the world’s antibiotic popping capital, recording the highest number of such pills consumed annually — 13 billion pills as against 10 billion in China and 7 billion in the US.
As a result of such reckless use, deadly strains of life-taking bacteria that are resistant to even the latest generation of antibiotics have been found to be rampant in India. Details
