Rapid risk assessment: Regional outbreak of New Delhi metallo-betalactamase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Italy, 2018–2019

Risk assessment
Cite:

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Regional outbreak of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Italy, 2018–2019 – 4 June 2019. ECDC: Stockholm; 2019. 

A large outbreak of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM)-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) has been reported from the Tuscany region in Italy. Between November 2018 and May 2019, seven Tuscan hospitals notified a total of 350 cases.