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Communicable disease threats report, 24-30 January 2021, week 4
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 24-30 January 2021 and includes updates on influenza, dengue, Klebsiella pneumoniae, COVID-19, and influenza A(H9N2).
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External quality assessment (EQA) of performance of laboratories participating in the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net), 2019
This report provides an analysis of the external quality assessment (EQA) for the antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) performance of laboratories participating in the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net) in 2019. A total of 952 laboratories (1–95 per country) from 30 EU/EEA countries participated in the EQA exercise.
Automated digital reporting of clinical laboratory information to national public health surveillance systems, results of a EU/EEA survey, 2018
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Leitmeyer, K.C., Espinosa, L., Broberg, E.K., Struelens, M.J.
Cross-border spread of blaNDM-1- And blaOXA-48 positive Klebsiella pneumoniae: A European collaborative analysis of whole genome sequencing and epidemiological data, 2014 to 2019
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Ludden, C., Lötsch, F., Alm, E., Kumar, N., Johansson, K., Albiger, B., Huang, T.-D., Denis, O., Hammerum, A.M., Hasman, H., Jalava, J., Räisänen, K., Dortet, L., Jousset, A.B., Gatermann, S., Haller, S., Cormican, M., Brennan, W., Grosso, M.D., Monaco, M., Schouls, L., Samuelsen, Ø., Pirš, M., Cerar, T., Oteo-Iglesias, J., Pérez-Vázquez, M., Sjöström, K., Edquist, P., Hopkins, K.L., Struelens, M.J., Palm, D., Monnet, D.L., Kohlenberg, A.
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Combined clonal and plasmid-mediated outbreak of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales, Lithuania, 2019–2020
Combined clonal and plasmid-mediated outbreak of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales, Lithuania, 2019–2020
European intensive care physicians' experience of infections due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria
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Lepape, A., Jean, A., De Waele, J., Friggeri, A., Savey, A., Vanhems, P., Gustin, M.P., Monnet, D.L., Garnacho-Montero, J., Kohlenberg, A.
Decreasing and stabilising trends of antimicrobial consumption and resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in segmented regression analysis, European Union/European Economic Area, 2001 to 2018
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Peñalva, G., Högberg, L.D., Weist, K., Vlahović-Palčevski, V., Heuer, O., Monnet, D.L., Esac-Net Study Group, Ears-Net Study Group
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Outbreak of carbapenemase-producing (NDM-1 and OXA-48) and colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307, north-east Germany, 2019
Germany has reported an outbreak of carbapenemase-producing (NDM-1 and OXA-48) and colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type (ST) 307. As of 21 October 2019, 17 patients in three hospitals and one rehabilitation clinic in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania in north-east Germany have been affected. Six of the 17 cases presented with clinical symptoms of infection, while 11 were identified as be carriers.
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Communicable disease threats report, 6-12 October 2019, week 41
This issue covers the period 6-12 October 2019 and includes updates on Ebola virus disease, extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, West Nile virus, mass gathering monitoring (Japan, Rugby World Cup 2019), Poliomyelitis, Measles, Zika virus disease, seasonal influenza, XDR-Typhoid fever.
Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Switzerland
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Gasser, M., Zingg, W., Cassini, A., Kronenberg, A.