Antibiotic-resistant infections in U.S. kill 35K a year
CDC: Significant progress since 2013 could be lost without more action
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi cause more than 2.8 million infections and 35,000 deaths in the United States each year, according to a report released recently by the CDC. That means, on average, someone in this country gets an antibiotic-resistant infection every 11 seconds and every 15 minutes someone dies.
The updated Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States (AR Threats Report) indicates those number go even higher – to 3 million infections and 48,000 deaths - when Clostridioides difficile is factored in. Clostridioides difficile is a bacterium which is not typically resistant but can cause deadly diarrhea and is associated with antibiotic use.