Fig. 2

Percentage (%) of Escherichia coli antimicrobial resistance by antimicrobial and country in the years 2012–2013. Countries: AT- Austria; BE- Belgium; DK- Denmark; FR- France; DE- Germany; EL- Greece; IT- Italy; NL- the Netherlands; PT- Portugal; RS- Serbia; ES- Spain; SE- Sweden; CH- Switzerland; UK- United Kingdom. Multidrug-resistance considering combined resistance to three or more of the following antimicrobial categories: AMC, 3GC, FLU, CN and SXT. Full-susceptibility (FullS) was defined as an isolate being susceptible for all the above-mentioned categories of antimicrobials. Regarding multidrug-resistance and full-susceptibility frequencies, countries marked by asterisk: 3GC was not included for Belgium and CN for the Netherlands. Thus, these frequencies may be underestimated when compared with the remaining countries