FDA: Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)—the ability of a microorganism (bacteria, virus, fungi, parasite) to resist the effects of a drug—is a serious, complex and costly public health problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year in the United States at least 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections occur, and more than 35,000 people die as a […]