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Multidrug-resistant organisms in patients from Ukraine in the Netherlands, March to August 2022
- Romy D Zwittink1,* , Cornelia CH Wielders1,* , Daan W Notermans1 , Nelianne J Verkaik2 , Annelot F Schoffelen1 , Sandra Witteveen1 , Varisha A Ganesh1 , Angela de Haan1 , Jeroen Bos1 , Jacinta Bakker1 , Caroline Schneeberger-van der Linden1 , Ed J Kuijper1,** , Sabine C de Greeff1,** , Antoni PA Hendrickx1,** , on behalf of the Dutch CPE and MRSA Surveillance Study Groups3
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1 Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands 2 SWAB Working Group Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 3 The members of the network are acknowledged at the end of the article* These authors contributed equally to this article and share first authorship** These authors contributed equally to this work and share last authorshipCorrespondence:Antoni P.A. Hendrickxantoni.hendrickx rivm.nl
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Citation style for this article: Zwittink Romy D, Wielders Cornelia CH, Notermans Daan W, Verkaik Nelianne J, Schoffelen Annelot F, Witteveen Sandra, Ganesh Varisha A, de Haan Angela, Bos Jeroen, Bakker Jacinta, Schneeberger-van der Linden Caroline, Kuijper Ed J, de Greeff Sabine C, Hendrickx Antoni PA, on behalf of the Dutch CPE and MRSA Surveillance Study Groups. Multidrug-resistant organisms in patients from Ukraine in the Netherlands, March to August 2022. Euro Surveill. 2022;27(50):pii=2200896. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.50.2200896 Received: 25 Nov 2022; Accepted: 14 Dec 2022
Abstract
Since March 2022, there has been an emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) in the Netherlands in patients originating from Ukraine (58 patients, 75 isolates). For about half of these patients, recent hospitalisation in Ukraine was reported. Genomic surveillance revealed that the majority of the MDRO represent globally spread epidemic lineages and that 60% contain New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) genes. Professionals should be aware of an increase in such MDRO associated with migration and medical evacuation of people from Ukraine.
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