European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
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Abstract
National institutions/organisations participating in EARS-Net - Portugal: National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge (Caniça, M., Fernandes, P.A., Manageiro, V.)The results presented in this report are based on antimicrobial
resistance data from invasive isolates reported
to EARS-Net by 30 European Union (EU) and European
Economic Area (EEA) countries in 2017 (data referring
to 2016), and on trend analyses of data reported by the
participating countries for the period 2013 to 2016.
As in previous years, the antimicrobial resistance situation
in Europe displays wide variations depending on the
bacterial species, antimicrobial group and geographical
region. For several bacterial species–antimicrobial group
combinations, a north-to-south and a west-to-east gradient
is evident in Europe. In general, lower resistance
percentages were reported by countries in the north
while higher percentages were reported in the south and
east of Europe. These differences are most likely related
to variations in antimicrobial use, infection prevention
and control practices, and dissimilarities in diagnostic
and healthcare utilisation patterns in the countries.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
