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Awantika Das1,2, Ritwik Roy2, Piyasa Ghosh2, Alakesh Maity2, Tamal Bhattacharjee3, Saranya Trivedi2, Payel Paul2, Sharmistha Das2, Sarita Sarkar2, Poulomi Chakraborty2 and Prosun Tribedi2
1Microbiology Department, Suraksha Clinic and Diagnostics, Newtown, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
2Microbial Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, The Neotia University, Sarisha, West Bengal, India.
3Institute of Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Development, Affiliated to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (Formerly WBUT), Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Article Number: 11663 | © The Author(s). 2026
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2026;20(3):2490-2502. https://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.20.3.45
Received: 09 April 2026 | Accepted: 27 June 2026 | Published online: 01 September 2026
Issue online: September 2026
Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Escherichia coli associated urinary tract infections (UTIs) represents a major global health threat, compromising therapeutic efficacy and undermining socio-economic stability. This study includes a large-scale quantitative trend analysis of nearly 50,000 research articles published between 1973 and 2025 to address the longitudinal dynamics of AMR in UTI-associated E. coli. Abstract-level text mining was employed to retrieve antibiotic-specific resistance evidence, followed by normalized resistance proportion estimation, log-linear regression modeling, Estimated Annual Percentage Change (EAPC) analysis, rank-shift comparison, and Total Active Resistance Years (TARY)-based persistence profiling. The findings indicate a marked global increase in resistance to commonly prescribed first-line antibiotics, including fluoroquinolones, third-generation cephalosporins, aminoglycosides, and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. Notably, carbapenems and fosfomycin also exhibited significant upward EAPC trends, indicating emerging resistance to these antibiotics despite being considered last-resort agents. Especially, the rising EAPC trends for carbapenem and fosfomycin exhibits both emerging resistance patterns and intensified reporting associated with expanded clinical usage of these last resort antibiotics. Rank-shift and persistence analyses further indicated antibiotic-specific heterogeneity, distinguishing entrenched long-term resistance from rapidly emerging threats. Geographic publication patterns paralleled epidemiological transitions, underscoring the worldwide expansion of the AMR burden. Collectively, this multidimensional bibliometric framework advances AMR surveillance from static reporting to dynamic resistance intelligence, providing critical insights to inform empirical therapy, antimicrobial stewardship, and global policy interventions.

Keywords

Escherichia coli, Urinary Tract Infection, Antimicrobial Resistance, Trend Analysis

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