A GLIMPSE OF INFECTION AND RESISTANCE: A REVIEW

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance is a global phenomenon with ancient origins antibiotic resistance which is regarded as a priority threat by WHO. in fact antibiotic resistance is a an inevitable consequence of antibiotic use irrational use enhances the rate of antibiotic resistance the irrational use has made conventional methods for combating antibiotic resistance nonresponsive and had led to emergence of multiple drug resistant infections. This led to exploration of novel ways to fight antibiotic resistance. In spite of all these efforts antibiotic resistance is till a global threat and could be managed by rational use of drugs and methods weather conventional or novel methods. This review gives a glimpse of antibiotic resistance and the conventional and novel methods to fight it.