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Colistin Antibiotic - Animals
July 23 , 2019
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- The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued an order prohibiting the manufacture, sale and distribution of “colistin” and its formulations for food-producing animals, poultry, aqua farming and animal feed supplements.
- It has advised manufacturers to display this information on containers.
- Colistin is a last-resort antibiotic that saves lives in critical care units.
- It is effective against most Gram-negative bacilli.
- As it enters through food chain, an increasing number of patients exhibit resistance to the drug.
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