Table 2.

Number of infections, deaths and hospital days caused by resistant bacteria in the EU, Norway and Iceland 2007

Bacteria	Infections	Deaths	Hospital days
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)	171,200	5,400	1,050,000
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE)	18,100	1,500	111,000
Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumonia	3,500	N.a.	N.a.
3rd generation cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli	32,500	5,100	358,000
3rd generation cephalosporin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae	18,900	2,900	208,000
Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa	141,900	10,200	809,000

Source: EARSS (cf. reference 4).