Q. With reference to Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) consider the following statements:
1.It occurs when microbes such as bacteria become resistant to antimicrobial treatments.
2.AMR is one of India’s major public health problems.
3.Natural resistance is a type of antimicrobial resistance which occurs mainly due to structures of chromosomes.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation –
Statement 1 and 2 are correct. AMR occurs when microbes such as bacteria become resistant to antimicrobial treatments. AMR is one of India’s major public health problems.
Statement 3 is incorrect. Natural resistance is a kind of AMR which is caused by the structural characteristics of microbes and is not associated with the use of antimicrobials. It has no hereditary property.
Source: The Indian Express