01411nas a2200157   4500008004100000020001400041245008500055210006900140260000800209300001600217490000700233520092600240100002001166700002101186856004601207       2021                        eng d  a0973-712X00aRise of the superbugs: what we need to know overview of antimicrobial resistance0 aRise of the superbugs what we need to know overview of antimicro  cSEP  a1251 - 12660 v263 aBacteria often cause infections, and we take antibiotics to help us recover. Antibiotics are like magic pills that have saved millions of lives. However, the overuse of antibiotics is now making bacteria evolve fast and evade these antibiotics. A few bacteria like the purple one in the petri plate (Figure 1) have evolved a way to dodge and not get killed by one particular kind of antibiotic. The day might come soon when not a single antibiotic would work, and we could die of even tiny paper cuts. In this article, we discuss what antibiotics are, how they target bacteria, and why bacteria are suddenly becoming resistant to antibiotics. We include a list of ten points that each of us must follow and a pledge for everyone to take, to help stop the spread of antibiotic resistance. A small questionnaire is included that we would like you all to answer. Together we can win the battle against antibiotic resistance.1 aSengupta, Durba1 aRaghunathan, Anu  uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-021-1227-8