New Delhi/IBNS, Nov. 18 -- A major global study published inThe LanceteClinical Medicine has delivered one of the strongest warnings yet about India's escalatingantibiotic resistancecrisis, finding that an alarming 83 percent of Indian patients are carrying multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs).

Conducted with researchers from AIG Hospitals, the study places India at the centre of a rapidly worsening superbug surge and urges immediate policy intervention along with a nationwide push for responsible antibiotic use.

The findings were released to coincide with Antimicrobial Stewardship Week (November 18-25) to draw attention to the urgent need for rational antibiotic practices to become a national public-health priority.

The multicountry ...