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Antimicrobial resistance in Italy costs around 800 million euros in acute hospitalizations resulting from infections every year. Globally, infections with resistant bacteria cause approximately 1.5 million deaths per year; the number rises to almost 5 million if indirect deaths are also considered. Every year there are between 10 and 15,000 hospital deaths due to infections from multi-resistant bacteria.