Antibiotics and similar drugs, together called antimicrobial agents, have been used for the last 70 years to treat patients who have infectious diseases. Since the 1940s, these drugs have greatly reduced illness and death from infectious diseases. However, these drugs have been used so widely and for so long that the infectious organisms the antibiotics are designed to kill have adapted to them, making the drugs less effective.
Each year in the United States, at least 2 million people become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people die each year as a direct result of these infections.
ABOUT ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
Learn about Drug Resistance and find answers to your questions.BIGGEST THREATS
Learn about the top 18 Drug Resistant organisms as determined by CDC.PROTECTING YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY
Learn ways to avoid Drug Resistant infections when healthy, sick, or traveling.PROTECTING PATIENTS AND STOPPING OUTBREAKS
Learn what healthcare providers can do to fight resistance.PROTECTING THE FOOD SUPPLY
Learn the connection between resistant infections in humans and food-producing animals.MEDIA & RESOURCES
Need more information? Check out additional resistance resources from the Federal Government.CDC's Role
FDA-CDC Antimicrobial Resistance Bank
The AR Isolate Bank offers panels of resistant bacteria, which can be used to challenge diagnostic devices and new antibiotic agents.
Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR)
TATFAR brings U.S. and European Union government agencies together to combat antimicrobial resistance.
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