Dissemination of extensively drug-resistant NDM-producing in Europe linked to patients transferred from Ukraine, March 2022 to March 2023.

BackgroundThe war in Ukraine led to migration of Ukrainian people. Early 2022, several European national surveillance systems detected multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria related to Ukrainian patients.AimTo investigate the genomic epidemiology of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM)-producing from Ukrainian patients among European countries.

Surveillance of vancomycin-resistant enterococci reveals shift in dominating clusters from to clusters, Denmark, 2015 to 2022.

BackgroundVancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are increasing in Denmark and Europe. Linezolid and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (LVRE) are of concern, as treatment options are limited. Vancomycin-variable enterococci (VVE) harbour the gene complex but are phenotypically vancomycin-susceptible.

Co-occurrence of triple carbapenemase genes, , , and in clinical isolates -first report from Croatia.

Two isolates harbouring three carbapenemase genes each, were isolated from two patients from different ICUs at University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia, which is to our knowledge, the first report of triple carbapenemase (, , and co-existence in strains and also among Enterobacterales members in Croatia. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing showed susceptibility only to colistin and amikacin. The production of carbapenemases was phenotypically tested by immunochromatographic assay and confirmed by PCR.

Comparison of IncK- Plasmids in Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporin-Resistant Isolated from Poultry and Humans in Denmark, Finland, and Germany.

carrying IncK- plasmids mediating resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins (ESC) has been frequently described in food-producing animals and in humans. This study aimed to characterize IncK--positive ESC-resistant isolates from poultry production systems in Denmark, Finland, and Germany, as well as from Danish human blood infections, and further compare their plasmids. Whole-genome sequencing (Illumina) of all isolates ( = 46) confirmed the presence of the gene.

The ICU environment contributes to the endemicity of the " complex" in the hospital setting.

is an opportunistic pathogen historically associated with sudden outbreaks in intensive care units (ICUs) and the spread of carbapenem-resistant genes. However, the ecology of populations in the hospital ecosystem remains largely unknown. We combined epidemiological information of 1,432 spp.