Work Package 2: Microbiology and Diagnostic Stewardship Programme

Work package 2 has the following objectives:
1. Establish state-of-the-art microbiology methods to detect CRE, CRPA, and CRAB.
2. Improve the number of blood culture samples to European average.
3. Perform repetitive point prevalence surveys on CRE in participating hospitals. 4. Investigate clonal relatedness of identified CRE.
Leading Partner
University Medical Centre Utrecht
Other Partners Involved
Relevant Publications
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Verhagen, E.R., Boland, G.I., de Vries, D.D., et al. (for the REVERSE Study Group. Carbapenemase resistance in European hospitals: Two consecutive point prevalence surveys of Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Poster presented at; ESCMID Global 2025; 12-15 April 2025; Vienna, Austria.
Publication date: 12 April 2025
Authors: E.R. Verhagen, G.I. Boland, D.D. de Vries, A.C. Fluit, E. Carrara, A. Hristea, G. Daikos, P. Retamar, A. Sonpar, W. Zingg, J.A.J.W. Kluytmans, and the REVERSE Consortium.
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Title: Carbapenemase resistance in European hospitals: Two consecutive point prevalence surveys of Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae.
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Grigoropoulous. S, Tsakona. M, Kazakou. P, et al. (For the REVERSE Study Group). A two-year prospective study on hospital-acquired bacteremias caused by multidrug-resistant organisms in a high-prevalence country. Poster presented at; ESCMID Global 2025; 12-15 April 2025; Vienna, Austria.
Publication date: 12 April 2025
Authors: S. Grigoropoulous, M. Tsakona, P. Kazakou, C. Charalampidis, M. Kostoula, A. Antoniadou, F. Kontipidou, G. Diakos, S. Tsiodras, and K. Thomas.
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Title: A two-year prospective study on hospital-acquired bacteremias caused by multidrug-resistant organisms in a high-prevalence country.
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Boland, G.J, Alebeek I, et al (for the REVERSE Study Group). Prevalence of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii in four European countries. Poster presented at: ESCMID Global 2024; April 2024, Barcelona, Spain.
Publication date: 24 April 2024
Authors: G.J. Boland, I. Alebeek, J.P.M. Vlooswijk, D.D. De Vries, E. Taconelli , A. Hristea, G. Daikos , J. Rodriguez Bano , A. Sonpar , A. Fluit , W. Zingg , J. Kluijtmans
Journal: ePoster at ESCMID Global 2024
Title: Prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii in four European countries.
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