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Week 3: How do bacteria become resistant to antibiotics?

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This figure comprises a line graph showing the frequency of ESBL-positive E. coli isolates in the UK between 2001 and 2016. The horizontal axis is labelled year and is marked from 2000 to 2016 in 2-year intervals. The vertical axis is labelled ESBL-positive isolates (%) and is marked from 0 to 14 in intervals of 2. The line crosses the horizontal axis at 2001 and slopes upwards to a peak at 13% in 2006. It then slopes downwards to 6% in 2011 before slopping upwards again to 12% in 2013. It ends at 10% in 2016.

 3.2.2 Extended spectrum β-lactamases