Scientists warn: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria spreading in Europe

A new type of bacteria that can cause serious infections in children but evades standard treatments is spreading in Europe.

MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is a type of bacteria that has evolved to the point where first-line antibiotics no longer work against it, making it more difficult to treat. It can cause serious health problems if it gets inside the body, causing more than 100,000 deaths worldwide in 2019.

A new strain of MRSA was identified in Germany and the Netherlands nearly a decade ago and has since spread to at least nine other European countries, according to a new study from Denmark's Statens Serum Institut.

Scientists began to worry that the strain might be circulating in Denmark after 32 children and family members developed ulcers that were caused by a specific strain of staph bacteria in the summer of 2023. A year later, they identified another outbreak of the same bacteria elsewhere in the country.

When they analyzed samples across Europe, they found the bacteria in 11 countries: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. /CNA

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