A UK study has found that regular surfers were three times more likely to have an antibiotic resistant strain of E. coli bacteria in their gut than non-surfers. This not only suggests surfers are more likely to be at risk from these microorganisms, but there is an unexpected prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in coastal bathing waters around the UK.
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