Overview

• The ECDC's fourth survey confirms accelerating transmission with hospital outbreaks growing in scale across the EU/EEA.
• EU/EEA countries logged 1,346 cases in 2023 across 18 nations, part of more than 4,000 reported since 2013.
• Greece, Italy, Romania and Spain report widespread regional or national dissemination, with recent outbreaks in Cyprus, France and Germany.
• Only 17 of 36 countries have national surveillance and just 15 have dedicated infection-prevention guidance, while 29 report access to a mycology reference lab and 23 offer reference testing.
• ECDC officials say early detection and coordinated control can contain spread of the surface-persistent, drug-resistant fungus, which poses severe risks and has reported mortality rates up to 60% in vulnerable patients.