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Share of K. pneumoniae resistant to 3rd-generation cephalosporins in Europe 2022
K. pneumoniae is a type of bacteria causing bloodstream infections, urinary and respiratory infections. As of 2022, resistance to third-generation cephalosporin antibiotics was very common in southern and eastern countries in Europe. Bulgaria was the country where K. pneumoniae recorded the highest resistance to third-generation cephalosporins, with almost 79 percent. This statistic displays the percentage of invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates resistant to third-generation cephalosporin antibiotics in Europe in 2022, by country.