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<p>Improper use of antibiotics is an extremely worrying trend worldwide. This leads to the development of resistance to these drugs. As a result, antibiotics stop working and bacteria continue to grow. The highest levels of resistance, both in our country and worldwide, are to second and third-generation cephalosporins, some aminoglycosides, and others. The reason is that these antibiotics have been used most irrationally over the years. The pandemic of COVID-19 and Antimicrobial drug resistance (AMR) are parallel and interrelated serious health situations, between which there is a causal link, manifested in high mortality among the human population. This review highlights relations between growth rates of antimicrobial resistance and the Covid-19 pandemic situations in Bulgaria and Europe in this fast-growing research area.</p>
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Improper use of antibiotics is an extremely worrying trend worldwide. This leads to the development of resistance to these drugs. As a result, antibiotics stop working and bacteria continue to grow. The highest levels of resistance, both in our country and worldwide, are to second and third-generation cephalosporins, some aminoglycosides, and others. The reason is that these antibiotics have been used most irrationally over the years. The pandemic of COVID-19 and Antimicrobial drug resistance (AMR) are parallel and interrelated serious health situations, between which there is a causal link, manifested in high mortality among the human population. This review highlights relations between growth rates of antimicrobial resistance and the Covid-19 pandemic situations in Bulgaria and Europe in this fast-growing research area.

Antimicrobial drug resistance against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria and Europe: A profound review of the available literature sources

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy

Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine

Acta Scientifica Naturalis

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Improper use of antibiotics is an extremely worrying trend worldwide. This leads to the development of resistance to these drugs. As a result, antibiotics stop...

Antimicrobial drug resistance against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria and Europe: A profound review of the available literature sources

Published Online: Jun 18, 2022

Page range: 47 - 55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/asn-2022-0005

Keywords
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial resistance

© 2022 Yordanka Mihaylova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Public License.

Antimicrobial drug resistance against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria and Europe: A profound review of the available literature sources

Published Online: Jun 18, 2022

Page range: 47 - 55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/asn-2022-0005

KeywordsCOVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial resistance

© 2022 Yordanka Mihaylova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Public License.

Keywords
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial resistance