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Burning Issue:Drug resistant

**Drug resistance:** **Define**: When the MIC level of a drug is exceed >10 times than the original MIC for a susceptible organism just to inhibit their growth, then the bacteria are said to be resistant to that drug. **Prevention of drug resistance:** 1.Restricting the drug and use appropriate antibiotic after C/S 2.Avoidance of indiscriminate 3.use of antibiotic Use of antibiotic in appropriate dose and for proper duration 4.Constant monitoring in resistant cases both inhospital & community. 5.Using antimicrobial combination in appropriate circumstances eg TB. 6.Limitation of the use of newer antibiotic so long as the currently use drug are effective.

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