Antibiotic resistance isn’t a new problem, nor is it one that will be going away any time soon. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two million people are infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the United States each year, and 23,000 people die as a result of these infections.
We know that overuse and misuse of antibiotics can drive resistance. So what drives that overuse? Finding and developing new antibiotics is critical, but are there other ways that we can control or halt the spread of infections or kill pathogenic bacteria?
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