European intensive care physicians’ experience of infections due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria

03 January 2020

The percentage of European ICU physicians perceiving AMR as a substantial problem in their ICU is high with variation by sub-region in line with epidemiological studies. The reports of bacteria resistant to almost all available antibiotics and the limited availability of last-line antibiotics in ICUs in the EU/EEA are of concern.

Further reading: Antimicrobial resistance and Infection Control

Author(s): Alain Lepape, Astrid Jean, Jan De Waele, Arnaud Friggeri, Anne Savey, Philippe Vanhems, Marie Paule Gustin, Dominique L. Monnet, José Garnacho-Montero & Anke Kohlenberg

Effective Surveillance