Not enough being done to develop new antibiotics

摘要

Cases of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli are increasing 'while infections from meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in some parts of the EU may have peaked and even started to decline, according to the conclusions of a new report. Despite the fall in MRSA, the infection is still the most common single multi-drug resistant bacterium in the EU, Iceland and Norway, says the joint report by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and European Medicines Agency (EMEA).