Overview

• ECDC data show more than 4,000 EU/EEA cases since 2013, including 1,346 in 2023, a 67% rise from 2022.
• Spain, Greece, Italy and Romania report the most cases, with Germany among the top five and logging 120 total, 77 of them in 2023.
• The yeast spreads by contact and persists on surfaces and devices, resists multiple antifungals, and invasive infections have reported mortality rates up to about 60%.
• New outbreaks were detected in 2024 in Cyprus, France and Germany, while Denmark contained an earlier cluster through swift isolation and cleaning.
• Health authorities urge faster detection, isolation and coordinated controls, and German experts say individual patient risk there remains low.