Hyderabad, April 7 -- Researchers from the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) came together in a collaborative study that uncovered alarming levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria causing eye infections.

The study, published in Communications Biology, represents one of the most comprehensive genomic analyses of eye pathogens from India to date. Drs Karthik Bharadwaj and Divya Tej Sowpati from CSIR-CCMB and Dr Joveeta Joseph from LVPEI led the study.

CSIR-CCMB researchers led the genomic and bioinformatics analyses, and LVPEI researchers contributed in clinical expertise, patient samples, and microbiological characterisation - bringing together cutting-edge genomics...