‘Last resort’ antibiotics

Hospitals are increasingly turning to “lastresort” antibiotics as the number of drugresistant infections continues to rise.

A new report from Public Health England shows more people suffered a “significant antibiotic-resistant infection” between 2010 and 2014.

Rates of bloodstream infections caused by Escherichia coli (E. coli) jumped 15.6% and Klebsiella pneumoniae increased by 20.8% from 2010 to 2014.