Antimicrobial Resistance (AR)
More than 2.8 million illnesses and 35,000 deaths are attributed to infections from antimicrobial-resistant pathogens like carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs) and
Candida auris (
C. auris) in the United States each year. Among Californians, this translates to roughly 360,000 illnesses and nearly 4,500 deaths.
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