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Nearly one in seven antibiotic treatments given out by GPs for common infections over the last two decades in the UK have failed, researchers say.
The Cardiff University study assessed nearly 11m prescriptions handed out between 1991 and 2012, to establish the level of antibiotic resistance.
Overall researchers found the drugs failed in just under 15% of cases.
But they said the rise seen over the 22-year period - from 13.9% to 15.4% - was not as great as they had expected.
Report author Prof Craig Currie said while this was not quite the "cliff" that many people had feared, it was still concerning.
"Given the lack of new antibiotics being developed, the growing ineffectiveness of antibiotics is very worrying indeed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29365628
The Cardiff University study assessed nearly 11m prescriptions handed out between 1991 and 2012, to establish the level of antibiotic resistance.
Overall researchers found the drugs failed in just under 15% of cases.
But they said the rise seen over the 22-year period - from 13.9% to 15.4% - was not as great as they had expected.
Report author Prof Craig Currie said while this was not quite the "cliff" that many people had feared, it was still concerning.
"Given the lack of new antibiotics being developed, the growing ineffectiveness of antibiotics is very worrying indeed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29365628