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Week 5: How antibiotic resistance has become such a big problem

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This figure consists of an infographic from the O’Neill Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (2016). It illustrates the following statistics related to infections in healthcare settings. 7 (HIC) to 10% (LMIC) of hospitalised patients will acquire at least one healthcare associated infection (HCAI). A third of ICU patients in HICs are affected by at least one HCAI. A quarter of HCAIs are caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria.