Research on the history and countermeasures of superbacteria

Abstract

Superbugs are bacteria that are highly resistant to antibiotics. With the widespread use of antibiotics around the world, the resistance of superbugs is also evolving and developing, and some scholars now predict that we may enter a "post-antibiotic era" in 2050. Superbugs not only pose a threat to individual health, but also pose a major concern to public health and healthcare systems. According to statistics, the number of deaths due to bacterial resistance has reached 1.29 million in 2019. According to this development, the number of deaths per year is expected to be 10 million by 2050, and the cumulative loss of global GDP will reach 100 trillion US dollars. This article will introduce the history of superbugs, the public health problems faced by superbugs, and discuss the feasible ways to combat superbug resistance, in order to call for people's attention to superbugs as a global public health threat, increase people's understanding of superbugs, and improve people's sensitivity to the use of antibiotics.