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ECDC says carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales are spreading faster across EU/EEA hospitals

ECDC's week-40 report assesses the epidemiological situation for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales as worsening rapidly. New genomic surveillance shows increasing geographic spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying NDM carbapenemases, more isolates carrying both resistance and virulence genes, cross-border movement of mosaic plasmids, rapid spread of emerging sequence types including ST6668, and wider detection of E. coli carrying genes such as blaOXA-244. ECDC is describing genomic and epidemiological findings, not publishing a single population incidence count, so this desk does not add one. The risk is concentrated in health-care settings and among vulnerable patients.

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Location
EU/EEA · regional, healthcare-associated spread across borders
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First seen
October 2, 2026
Last verified
October 4, 2026
Event date
ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report, week 40, 2026
TiPH detected
October 4, 2026
TiPH published
October 4, 2026
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What changed since the prior scan

Added in the October 4 edition from the ECDC week-40 report (pp. 35–36). Not previously on the desk.

History

  1. First seen (source)

    First reported by the primary source. External event date, not a TiPH publication date.

  2. Added to the desk

    Added to the Global Signal Desk with the October 4 scan edition from the ECDC week-40 report (pp. 35–36).

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