Share of K. pneumoniae resistant to carbapenems in Europe in 2022, by country
K. pneumoniae is a type of bacteria causing bloodstream infections, urinary and respiratory infections. As of 2022, resistance to carbapenem antibiotics was very common in southern and eastern countries in Europe. Greece was the country where K. pneumoniae recorded the highest resistance to carbapenems, with approximately 72 percent. This statistic displays the percentage of invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates resistant to carbapenem antibiotics in Europe in 2022, by country.
