What’s the most common way E.coli spreads?
Food chain's role in thousands of cases of bacteraemia annually is debated, say researchers
Inadequate handwashing, rather than uncooked meat, appears to be the more common cause of the spread of antibiotic-resistant E.coli infections, a UK study suggests.
Researchers from the University of East Anglia did a genetic analysis of thousands of samples of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolates (ESBL-E.coli).