Surfers and body borders have three times the risk of taking antibiotic resistant E. coli into the body

byJoseph Greve

Examinations by Exeter University in the UK showed that antibiotic-resistant E. coli bacteria were found three times more than those of ordinary people from excretions of surfers and body borders. Surfers have opportunities to swallow seawater more than sea bathers and so on, and they are said to be taking a lot of bacteria in the body.

Exposure to and colonization by antibiotic-resistant E. coli in UK coastal water users: Environmental surveillance, exposure assessment, and epidemiological study (Beach Bum Survey)
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Research news - Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic resistant bacteria in guts - University of Exeter
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Researchers at the University of Exeter gathered samples of flights from those who are surfing regularly and those who do not, and examined E. coli. As a result, Escherichia coli resistant to antibiotics which were collected only by 4 out of 130 people in general people was collected from 13 of 143 cases in the case of surfers.

This is believed to be caused by the fact that surfers have more than ten times the opportunity to drink sea water, compared to swimming players and sea bathers.

byJavier Miranda

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have also been raised at the United Nations Environment Conference as a new global environmental problem. Dr. Ann Leonard of Exeter University, who led the research, noted that "As resistance to antibiotics spreads, attention is focused on how we are exposed to this kind of bacteria, We need to know more deeply how we make "colonies" in our internal organs. "

In addition, Britain's water quality has been headed for improvement over the past 30 years, and it is said that it belongs to the cleanest one in Europe. In areas with poor water quality, the situation may be worse.