PRO/EDR> Antibiotic resistance (09): UK, 2012-2016

Antimicrobial resistance — United Kingdom
A new surveillance report from Public Health England (PHE) shows a mixed picture in the battle against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), with little change in the proportion of antibiotic-resistant isolates detected in the country’s healthcare system over the past 5 years but an upward trend in the number of resistant bloodstream infections [].
The 4th annual report from the English Surveillance Program for Antibiotic Utilisation and Resistance (ESPAUR), which includes data from 2012 through