Resistance already found to one of newest antibiotics, UKHSA warns

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By Emma Wilkinson

Some bacteria have already become resistant to one of the newest antibiotics used in the NHS, the UK Health Security Agency has warned.

A study looking at routine surveillance data from 2016-2020 showed that 6.3% of samples showed resistance to ceftazidime/avibactam – one of the last lines of defence for the most serious infections.