Economic evaluation of prevention of cystoid macular edema after cataract surgery in diabetic patients: ESCRS PREMED study report 6.

Purpose: To investigate the cost-effectiveness of prophylactic treatments against cystoid macular edema after cataract surgery in diabetic patients.

Setting: 7 ophthalmology clinics in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Design: Prospective trial-based cost-effectiveness analysis using data from a European multicenter randomized clinical trial.

Economic evaluation of prevention of cystoid macular edema after cataract surgery in patients without diabetes: ESCRS PREMED study report 4.

Purpose: To investigate the cost-effectiveness of prophylactic treatments against cystoid macular edema (CME) after cataract surgery in patients without diabetes.

Setting: Seven ophthalmology clinics in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Design: Prospective cost-effectiveness analysis using data from a European multicenter randomized clinical trial (ESCRS PREMED).

Molecular characteristics of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in the Netherlands; results of the 2014-2018 national laboratory surveillance.

Objectives: Carbapenem resistance mediated by mobile genetic elements has emerged worldwide and has become a major public health threat. To gain insight into the molecular epidemiology of carbapenem resistance in The Netherlands, Dutch medical microbiology laboratories are requested to submit suspected carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment as part of a national surveillance system.

Methods: Meropenem MICs and species identification were confirmed by E-test and MALDI-TOF and carbapenemase production was assessed by the Carbapenem Inactivation Method.