In seven EU/EEA countries, the emergence of NDM-5-producing Enterobacter hormaechei ST1344 among patients has been detected. In minimum spanning tree analysis of core genome-multilocus sequence-typing (cgMLST) profiles, isolates cluster with ≤ 4 allelic differences. The outbreak includes 57 cases (29 female/28 male; median age: 73 years), which occurred between March 2025 and April 2026. Many were hospitalised (n = 45), some with extensive prior medical treatment, and only three reported travel abroad. A cross-border investigation, including coordinated exposure questionnaires, has not yet identified a source.

Background Staphylococcus argenteus belongs to the Staphylococcus aureus complex and causes similar disease. Methicillin-resistant S. argenteus (MRSArg) is rare in the Netherlands. We describe the fir...

Recent reports indicate a significant rise in carbapenem-resistant Providencia stuartii (CRPS) infections across Europe. This study characterizes, by whole-genome sequencing, a CRPS strain (Ps5822) is...

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In 2015–2017 and 2022–2024, pilot surveillance of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAb) was performed in the Netherlands. Three distinct groups were compared based on epidemiological and genomic data: CRAb from 2015 to 2017 and for the 2022–2024 period, CRAb in patients from the Netherlands, and CRAb in patients from Ukraine in the Netherlands. The genomic epidemiology of CRAb has been mostly stable between 2015–2017 and 2022–2024 but seems to be strongly affected by the introduction of CRAb from foreign countries. A proportion of the 2022–2024 isolates were from Ukrainian patients. The resistance genes of CRAb from Ukrainian patients were different from those of the Netherlands. CRAb in the Netherlands are acquiring New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-carbapenemase genes, aided by the introduction of CRAb from foreign countries. Healthcare professionals should remain aware of the risk of hospitalization in a high-risk country and the potential secondary transmission of CRAb to patients in countries with a low prevalence of this organism.

Since 2003, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 398 (MRSA-CC398) emerged in livestock. To assess possible transfer of resistant strain...

Cefiderocol is a novel last-resort cephalosporin antimicrobial increasingly used for difficult-to-treat infections by multidrug-resistant microorganis…

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant global threat to public health, impacting human and animal health. As microbial pathogens (e.g. bacteria, ...