UK antimicrobial resistance strategy must be set in a wider context

We welcome the editorial on the chief medical officer’s intent to tackle the rise of antimicrobial resistance.1 The remarkable success in reducing meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia to less than 2% exposes the rapidly growing problem of bacteraemia caused by Gram negative bacteria, particularly Escherichia coli (36%).2 E coli differs from most agents …