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Bacteria resistant to antibiotic of last resort found in UK

21-Dec-2015

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Colistin resistant bacteria discovered on three UK farms and in samples of human infections.

Present in almost 1 in a 1000 samples.

All resistant bacteria responsive to other antibiotics – but if mcr-1 gene is transferred to superbugs it will create infections that doctors cannot treat.

Antibiotic apocalypse threatens to plunge medicine back into the dark ages.

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Alan Johnson

Professor at Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London.

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)

Executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the UK.

Public Health England (PHE)

Health protection agency.

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Antibiotic Resistance