what is an antibiotic and why should we be concerned with the overuse
Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the US. Antibiotics are powerful tools for fighting illness and disease, but overuse of antibiotics has helped create bacteria that are outliving the drugs used to treat them. Antibiotic resistance is a quickly growing, extremely dangerous problem. World health leaders have described antibiotic-resistant bacteria as nightmare bacteria that pose a catastrophic threat to people in every country in the world.