Share of E. faecium resistant to vancomycin in Europe in 2021, by country
Enterococcus faecium is a bacteria present in the microbiota of the human gastrointestinal tract that in some cases can cause bloodstream infections, endocarditis, and peritonitis. As of 2021, resistance to vancomycin varied greatly across countries in Europe. Lithuania was the country where E. faecium had the highest resistance to vancomycin, with over 66 percent. This statistic displays the percentage of invasive Enterococcus faecium isolates resistant to vancomycin in Europe in 2021, by country.