Urban wastewater study highlights growing threat of antimicrobial resistance in India
Mar 21, 2026
This situation is called antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and is killing millions of people every year worldwide. Despite that, data on the local prevalence of AMR are largely missing in India. We do not know which deadly bacteria around us might be the most resistant to available antibiotics, or if they all follow similar mechanisms to become resistant. Traditional lab culture methods do not offer such details.
