What is Your Antibiotics IQ? Step 1 of 9 11% True or false: Scientists have discovered bacteria that can resist ALL the world's known antibiotics.Source: American Society for MicrobiologyTrueFalse True or false: Antibiotic resistance is a South Asian problem. If you live in North America or Europe, you are not immediately at risk.Source: UK Review on Antimicrobial ResistanceTrueFalse How many people will become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the United States this year?Souce: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services2002,000200,0002,000,000 How many people will die in the United States this year due to drug-resistant infections that cannot be successfully treated with antibiotics?Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services2302,30023,0002,300,000 True or false: Antibiotics only kill harmful bacteria, not the beneficial bacteria that are necessary for your body's health.Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesTrueFalse True or false: Hospitals have access to special "antibiotics of last resort" that are always effective against infections where weaker antibiotics have failed.Source: American Society for MicrobiologyTrueFalse True or false: Antibiotic resistance is constrained to a small group of bacteria known as "superbugs."Source: American Society for MicrobiologyTrueFalse What percentage of antibiotic prescriptions written in the United States each year are unnecessary or inappropriate, according to CDC standards?Source: American Medical Association5%17%23%30% What percentage of the antibiotics used in the United States each year are used on animals?Source: United States Congress5%25%65%80%PhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.