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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49166| Title: | The rise of carbapenem resistance in Europe : just the tip of the iceberg? |
| Authors: | Magiorakos, Anna-Pelagia Suetens, Carl Monnet, Dominique Louis Gagliotti, Carlo Heuer, Ole E. |
| Keywords: | Anti-infective agents industry -- Europe Gram-negative bacteria Klebsiella Beta lactamases |
| Issue Date: | 2013 |
| Publisher: | BioMed Central Ltd. |
| Citation: | Magiorakos, A. P., Suetens, C., Monnet, D. L., Gagliotti, C., & Heuer, O. E. (2013). The rise of carbapenem resistance in Europe: just the tip of the iceberg?. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2(1), 6. |
| Abstract: | The European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net) collects data on carbapenem resistance from invasive bacterial infections. Increasing percentages of carbapenem resistance in K. pneumoniae isolates were reported from progressively more countries in Europe between 2005 and 2010. A trend analysis showed increasing trends for Greece, Cyprus, Hungary and Italy (p < 0.01). EARS-Net collects data on invasive bacterial isolates, which likely correspond to a fraction of the total number of infections. Increasing reports of community cases suggest that dissemination of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae has penetrated into the community. Good surveillance and infection control measures are urgently needed to contain this spread. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49166 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - ERCMedGen |
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