Covid-19: disinfectants and sanitisers are changing microbiomes
Ajit Singh
Abstract
The acceleration of antimicrobial resistance in covid-19 is genuinely alarming. 1It has added to the prevailing large scale and indiscriminate use of antibiotics, not only for treatment of human and animal diseases but also in animal food production systems.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Microbiome2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)AntimicrobialAntibiotic resistanceBiologyAntibioticsMedicineMicrobiologyVirologyBioinformaticsInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakPathologyDiseaseAntibiotic Use and ResistancePharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria