AMR is currently present in every country of the world and presents a global, public health threat. In the United States, more than 2,800,000 people acquire resistant infections each year, at least 35,000 of whom die as a result. In May of 2016, doctors discovered the first domestic case of a bacterial infection resistant to Colistin, an antibiotic of last resort used when other antibiotics fail. The Director of the CDC warns that we should expect more cases to be discovered. Drug resistant infections currently cost the United States an estimated $20 billion in excess healthcare costs and $35 billion due to lost productivity. Worldwide, more than 700,000 people die from resistant infections each year.

In the US, more than 2.8 million people acquire resistant infections each year.