Superbugs are microscopic strains of bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi resistant to standard antibiotics used to treat infections. Superbugs include pneumonia, urinary tract and skin infections, according to the Mayo Clinic.
The rise of antibiotic resistance can be traced back to the overuse of antibiotics, which are drugs designed to treat infections caused by bacteria. Antibiotics do not work on infections caused by other microbes such as viruses including COVID, flu or fungi.
Today, we believe superbug infections are an emergency threat and likely to become the next worldwide epidemic – not only to humans, but also to food supply.
