E. coli resistance increases.

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      The article reports on the experts' warning about the rising levels of antibiotic resistance in gram-negative bacteria including Escherichia coli in Great Britain. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) figures reveal that 12% of bloodstream caused by E. coli show resistance to first-line antibiotics, a figure that denotes a threefold increase since 2000. The health managers in the Department of Health admitted that the increase resistance of the infectious disease is quite worrying.