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Week 1: A future without antibiotics?

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This figure comprises a bar graph showing the percentage antibiotic resistance in OECD countries in 2014 and 2005. The horizontal axis is labelled % and is marked from 0 to 45 in 5% intervals. The vertical axis marked with OECD countries. The green bars on the graph represent antibiotic resistance levels in 2014. Each row has a pill shaped marker representing the percentage antibiotic resistance in 2005. Values in the graph range from around 5% resistance in Iceland in 2014 to around 45% resistance in Greece in 2014. The OECD average is shown as an orange bar. This value is approximately 15% in 2014.

 4.1 The rise of antibiotic resistance