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Share of P. aeruginosa resistant to carbapenems in Europe in 2022, by country
P. aeruginosa is a bacteria causing bloodstream infections, urinary and respiratory infections, especially in hospitalized patients. As of 2022, resistance to carbapenem antibiotics was very common in southern and eastern countries in Europe. Romania was the country where P. aeruginosa recorded the highest resistance to carbapenems, with more than 53 percent. This statistic displays the percentage of invasive Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates resistant to carbapenem antibiotics in Europe in 2022, by country.