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Recent data from the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net) show a large increase of +57% in species bloodstream infections in the European Union and European Economic Area in the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2021) compared with 2018–2019. Most were resistant to carbapenems, from intensive care units, and in countries with ≥ 50% carbapenem resistance in spp. in 2018–2019. This highlights the requirement for reinforced preparedness and infection prevention and control in Europe.

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Large increase in bloodstream infections with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter species during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, EU/EEA, 2020 and 2021
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Pete+Kinross&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kinross Pete</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Carlo+Gagliotti&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Gagliotti Carlo</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hanna+Merk&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Merk Hanna</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Diamantis+Plachouras&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Plachouras Diamantis</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Dominique+L+Monnet&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Monnet Dominique L</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Liselotte+Diaz+H%C3%B6gberg&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Högberg Liselotte Diaz</a>, <a href="/search?value1=EARS-Net+Study+Group&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">EARS-Net Study Group</a></span>. Large increase in bloodstream infections with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter species during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, EU/EEA, 2020 and 2021. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2022;27(46):pii=2200845. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.46.2200845" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.46.2200845</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 27 Oct 2022;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 16 Nov 2022 </span> </p>
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