This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 28 May - 3 June 2023 and includes updates on COVID-19, West Nile virus, Legionnaires' disease, avian influenza, Marburg virus disease, cholera, and fungal meningitis.
EU/EEA countries are reporting an increased number of Escherichia coli (E. coli) isolates carrying the blaNDM-5 gene that makes them resistant to carbapenems, antibiotics.
Analysis of whole genome sequencing and epidemiological data of 874 E. coli isolates from the national collections of 13 countries confirmed the increase of E. coli isolates carrying blaNDM-5 which was previously detected in the CCRE survey.
Between 2018 and 2020, nearly 20 000 surgical site infections (SSIs) were reported from a total of over 1.2 million surgical procedures in 13 EU/EEA countries participating in ECDC-coordinated SSI surveillance. Over 2 500 hospitals are part of this surveillance network.
This report presents the results of the first external quality assurance (EQA) scheme for B. pertussis antimicrobial susceptibility testing by ECDC as part of the European Reference Laboratory Network for Pertussis (ERLNPert-Net) consortium.
This report presents the results of the first external quality assessment (EQA) scheme for Bordetella pertussis vaccine antigen expression, pertactin (PRN), pertussis toxin (PT) and filamentous haemagglutinin (FHA) by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) as part of the European Reference Laboratory Network for Pertussis (ERLNPert-Net) activities.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 23-29 April 2023 and includes updates on cholera, avian influenza, COVID-19, invasive meningococcal disease, influenza, Marburg virus disease, and the seizure of a reference laboratory by an armed group.