This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 7-13 May 2023 and includes updates on measles, COVID-19, influenza and swine influenza, group A Streptococcal infection, Marburg virus disease, Lassa fever, diphtheria and mpox.
In 2019, 8 874 (7.4%) of patients staying in an intensive care unit (ICU) for more than two days presented with at least one ICU-acquired healthcare-associated infection (HAI) under surveillance (pneumonia, bloodstream infection, or urinary tract infection).