New research: AMR and children’s E.coli
Antibiotic resistance in children’s E. coli, a bacteria that is the most common cause of urinary tract infection, is high against many antibiotics commonly prescribed in primary care and could make them ineffective as first-line treatments, warns a study led by researchers at the University of Bristol and Imperial College London.
Ashley Bryce, Céire Costelloe, Mandy Wootton, Christopher C Butler, Alastair D Hay; Comparison of risk factors for, and prevalence of, antibiotic resistance in contaminating and pathogenic urinary Escherichia coli in children in primary care: prospective cohort study, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, , dkx525, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkx525