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. 2022 Dec;27(50):2200896.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.50.2200896.

Multidrug-resistant organisms in patients from Ukraine in the Netherlands, March to August 2022

Romy D Zwittink  1 , Cornelia Ch Wielders  1 , Daan W Notermans  1 , Nelianne J Verkaik  2 , Annelot F Schoffelen  1 , Sandra Witteveen  1 , Varisha A Ganesh  1 , Angela de Haan  1 , Jeroen Bos  1 , Jacinta Bakker  1 , Caroline Schneeberger-van der Linden  1 , Ed J Kuijper  1 , Sabine C de Greeff  1 , Antoni Pa Hendrickx  1 ; Dutch CPE and MRSA Surveillance Study Groups  3
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Multidrug-resistant organisms in patients from Ukraine in the Netherlands, March to August 2022

Romy D Zwittink et al. Euro Surveill. 2022 Dec.

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.

Keywords: CPE; CPPA; CRAB; MRSA; antimicrobial resistance; patients from Ukraine.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Number of submitted CPE (n = 262), CPPA (n = 27), CRAB (n = 15) and MRSA (n = 1,493) isolates, and mandatory CPE notifications (n = 223), the Netherlands, 1 January–31 August 2022
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