India, April 20 -- A hospital-based study by Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College (BJMC), Sassoon General Hospital (SGH), and Johns Hopkins University has highlighted a concerning rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among critically ill patients, especially in intensive care units (ICUs).

Titled "Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-negative Pathogens Isolated from Blood Cultures of Intensive Care Unit Patients:

A Hospital-based Cross-sectional Study," the research was published in March 2026 in the National Journal of Laboratory Medicine.

Researchers analysed 247 gram-negative bacterial (GNB) isolates from ICU blood cultures collected between January 2023 and December 2024.

The findings warn that rising resistance to commonl...