Project: Improving surveillance of antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Europe

Acronym	ISARPAE (Reference Number: JPIAMR_NC_2022-021)
Project Topic	Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the top resistance threats world-wide, for which the situation is classified as critical by the World Health Organization. The growing prevalence of nosocomial infections produced by multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa strains is indeed associated with significantly increased morbidity and mortality, since it compromises the available effective therapeutic options, even those recently introduce, due to emerging resistance mechanisms. In summary antibiotic resistance in P. aeruginosa is a severe, complex, continuously evolving threat in Europe and therefore coordinated efforts should be established to improve its surveillance and control. The network Improving surveillance of antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Europe (ISARPAE) gathers 37 researchers from 17 European countries, including multiple national reference centres on P. aeruginosa antibiotic resistance..Thus the specific objectives of this network will be: 1. Create a forum of experts and researchers working on P. aeruginosa antimicrobial resistance to define the focus, procedures strategies and priorities for surveillance. 2.Training clinical microbiologists, infectious diseases physicians and researchers across Europe: Hands on workshop on Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistance phenotypes and whole genome sequence resistome analysis. 3. Provide advice, support and mentorship to less experienced or lower resources laboratories in Europe. 4. Develop the basis for a coordinated action with relevant stakeholders at European level, including future EU research grants applications.
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Network	JPIAMR-ACTION
Call	3rd JPIAMR-ACTION Joint Call 2022

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
1	Hospital Son Espases-IdISBa	Coordinator	Spain
2	Bicêtre Hospital	Observer	France
3	University Hospital for Infectious diseases “Dr. Fran Mihaljevic”	Observer	Croatia
4	Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía	Observer	Spain
5	University of Oldenburg	Observer	Germany
6	Amerikan Hastanesi	Observer	Türkiye
7	Karolinska Institutet	Observer	Sweden
8	Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña- Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña	Observer	Spain
9	EUCAST Development Laboratory for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of bacteria	Observer	Sweden
10	University of Antwerpen	Observer	Belgium
11	University of Ljubljana	Observer	Slovenia
12	University Hospital for Infectious diseases “Dr. Fran Mihaljevic”	Observer	Croatia
13	University Hospital for Infectious diseases “Dr. Fran Mihaljevic”	Observer	Croatia
14	Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences	Observer	Sweden
15	University Hospital for Infectious diseases “Dr. Fran Mihaljevic”	Observer	Croatia
16	University Hospital for Infectious diseases “Dr. Fran Mihaljevic”	Observer	Croatia
17	University Hospital "Queen Joanna"	Observer	Bulgaria
18	Lithuanian University of Health Sciences	Observer	Lithuania
19	Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno klinikos	Observer	Lithuania
20	Semmelweis University	Observer	Hungary
21	CHU UCL Namur NRC for MDR Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter	Observer	Belgium
22	CHU UCL Namur NRC for MDR Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter	Observer	Belgium
23	CHU UCL Namur NRC for MDR Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter	Observer	Belgium
24	Ramón y Cajal Universitary Hospital	Observer	Spain
25	Semmelweis University	Observer	Hungary
26	University of Trás-OS-Montes and Alto Douro	Observer	Portugal
27	Hospital Universitario Son Espases	Observer	Spain
28	Hospital Universitario Son Espases	Observer	Spain
29	French National Reference Centre for Antibiotic Resistance in Pseudomonas & Acinetobacter	Observer	France
30	Centro Nacional de Microbiología. Instituto de Salud Carlos III	Observer	Spain
31	University of Fribourg	Observer	Switzerland
32	Laboratoire national de santé	Observer	Luxembourg
33	Erasmus Medical Center	Observer	Netherlands
34	Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles	Observer	France
35	Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance	Observer	Norway
36	Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance	Observer	Norway
37	University of Verona	Observer	Italy
38	Swiss Antibiotic Resistance Centre	Observer	Switzerland