ECDC: “Camp” across Europe for two bacteria that spread and are resistant to antibiotics

The European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) for the spread of 2 to which they are resistant to many antibiotics. Bacteria that have marked the alarm in the communities and hospitals of Europe, belong to the enterobacteria, i.e. microbes that are a normal part of the gut of humans and animals but if their values change, can cause infections, according to the ECDC. These enterobacteria have developed resistance to carbapenonems – a type of antibiotic that is the last solution for polyresistant microbes. Practically this means they are resistant to almost all existing antibiotics, according to Iatropedia. Their extensive dispersal reveal two studies published in the Eurosurveillance medical inspection. The first concerns a coli (e.coli or eserichia coli). The second concerns a bacterium which has so far been found mainly in India and is a sub-type of the microbe Providencia stuartii. The multi-resistant e.coli The study on carb-resistant e.coli is based on data analysis from 17 countries in the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA). These countries report widespread spread of a subtype called (ST)131. E.coli is the bacterium that causes most deaths worldwide due to antimicrobial resistance. This subtype is often associated with resistance to many antibiotics, says ECDC. Epidemiological data from nearly 600 samples of the bacterium e.coli ST131 were analysed in this study. They were provided by the reference laboratories from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Portugal, etc. As researchers found, many of the bacteria they studied may be related to urinary tract infections in the community (i.e. outside hospitals). That’s because: The mean age of patients (57 years) was relatively low. Significant proportion of patients were women The bacterium was often detected in urine samples These data suggest that carcapene-resistant infections are much more extensive than scientists have thought so far. If they expand further, then these antibiotics will no longer be able to be consistently effective in dealing with serious e.coli infections, experts warn. The bacteria from India The second bacterium was very rare so far in Europe, highlights the ECDC. But now the specific subtype of Providencia Stuartii has been detected in several Romanian hospitals, according to the second study. This subtype is called Providencia stuartii factor NDM-1 (metal-β-lactamase of New Delhi). Most of the isolated pathogens involved intra-hospital infections, such as: Infections of the lower respiratory tract Blood infections Urinary tract infections Most of them (90%) had multi-resistance to antibiotics. Among other things they were resistant to penicillins, cephalosporins and carbapenonems. During 1 year four cases of these resistant strains were recorded in multiple Romanian hospitals. This finding suggests constant transmission for a long time within the Romanian health system. Comparing this data with those from other countries, researchers linked this bacteria to others isolated in different countries, such as Bulgaria, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the USA. The combination of stable transmission to Romanian hospitals with international spread shows that there is a high risk of further dispersal, warns the ECDC. That is why it recommends that hospitals urgently introduce increased measures to prevent and control infections. Source: Iatropedia.gr