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Rising antimicrobial resistance in Europe: EMA and ECDC outline urgent actions to achieve 

The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Available online 18 November 2025

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266677622500331X

Drug-resistant fungus Candidozyma auris is spreading in European hospitals

2030 antimicrobial resistance targets for Portugal and the progress made towards achieving these targets.

ECDC, November 17, 2023

EU progress towards achieving its 2030 antimicrobial resistance targets, also available in an editable format and for all EU countries.

ECDC, November 17, 2023

The Role of Bacterial Biofilms in Antimicrobial Resistance

American Society of Microbiology, 2023, March 6

https://asm.org/Articles/2023/March/The-Role-of-Bacterial-Biofilms-in-Antimicrobial-Re?utm_content=American+Society+for+Microbiology&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=Articles&fbclid=IwAR1AHQ5_L_IWPaakh0hWDYt9sDoCqjsXerV7lo9rsf6-YY0Sv-5k3Ig_UoA

How biofilms are formed. - Source: Openstax

A Pandemia Silenciosa: Resistência Antimicrobiana

A resistência antimicrobiana mata todos os anos 700 000 pessoas no mundo; estudos mostram que se nada for feito em 2050 podem morrer por ano 10 000 000 de pessoas vítimas de infecções por "superbugs".

Considerado já uma crise mundial, "a slow motion tsunami".

Chlorhexidine Gluconate Dressings Reduce Bacterial Colonization Rates in Epidural and Peripheral Regional Catheters

National Library of Medicine, Biomed Res Int. 2015

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4386602/

CDC report shows rise in resistant infections, deaths in first COVID-19 year 

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How the pandemic is fuelling antimicrobial resistance

Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance

The Long View: Clothing Against Death

Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, published 20 August 2021

https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/long-view-clothing-against-death

BCG VACCINE: THE FIRST TUBERCULOSIS VACCINATION TOOK PLACE A CENTURY AGO

Institut Pasteur, 15/07/2021

https://www.pasteur.fr/en/research-journal/news/bcg-vaccine-first-tuberculosis-vaccination-took-place-century-ago

Deadliest Form of Candida Auris Spotted in the United States

Infection Control Today, published July 23, 2021

https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/deadliest-form-of-candida-auris-attacks-the-united-states

Shut Up! Why Stopping Bacterial Conversations is Good for Your Health

Published February 23, 2021 - Ulster University, Ireland

https://www.internationalmicroorganismday.org/blog/shut-up-why-stopping-bacterial-conversations-is-good-for-your-health

We're Losing the War Against Bacteria, Here's Why | NYT

The New York Times 

Bacteria are rebelling. They're turning the tide against antibiotics by outsmarting our wonder drugs. This video explores the surprising reasons.