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Antibiotic / Antimicrobial Resistance (AR / AMR)

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About Antibiotic Resistance

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About Antibiotic Resistance
What CDC is doing: Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative
CDC Videos and Medical Illustrations

How Antibiotic Resistance Happens [PDF – 1 page]

AR Solutions Initiative: HAI/AR Prevention Programs

Examples of How Antibiotic Resistance Spreads [PDF – 1 page]

Examples of How Antibiotic Resistance Spreads

The Global Threat [PDF – 1 page]

The Global Threat

Improving Antibiotic Use to Treat Gonorrhea [PDF – 1 page]

Improving Antibiotic Use to Treat Gonorrhea

Improving Antibiotic Use to Treat Tuberculosis [PDF – 1 page]

Improving Antibiotic Use to Treat Tuberculosis

What CDC is doing: Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative

About the Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative [PDF – 1 page]

About the Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative

Preventing Infections in Healthcare [PDF – 1 page]

Preventing Infections in Healthcare

Antibiotic Use in Healthcare Settings [PDF – 1 page]

Antibiotic Use in Healthcare Settings

Food Safety [PDF – 1 page]

Drug-resistant Gonorrhea [PDF – 1 page]

Drug-resistant Gonorrhea

Drug-resistant Tuberculosis [PDF – 1 page]

Drug-resistant Tuberculosis

Microbiome [PDF – 1 page]

Antibiotic Resistance (AR) Lab Network [PDF – 1 page]

Antibiotic Resistance (AR) Lab Network

About AR Lab Network Regional Labs [PDF – 1 page]

About Antibiotic Resistance Lab Network Map

Fighting Resistance: Keeping Americans Safe [PDF – 2 pages]

Fighting Resistance: Keeping Americans Safe

Containing Unusual Resistance [PDF – 4 pages]

Containing Unusual Resistance

CDC Videos and Medical Illustrations

Antibiotic resistance videos
Antibiotic use videos
Scientific illustrations of antibiotic-resistant pathogens are located on the Biggest Threats and Data webpage

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Page last reviewed: August 23, 2017
Page last updated: August 30, 2018
Content source:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
  Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)

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