BBC NEWS | Deaths from carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae have gone up from 341 in Europe in 2007 to 2,094 by 2015. This is the finding of the largest study to date of carbapenem resistance in K. pneumoniae, with 244 hospitals involved from Ireland to Israel. The spread of resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is “extremely concerning”, according to researchers from the Sanger Institute who conducted the research. “The alarming thing is these bacteria are resistant to one of the key last-line antibiotics,” Dr Sophia David, from the Sanger Institute. “It’s already worrying that we’re seeing 2,000 deaths in 2015 – but the concern is that if action isn’t taken, then this will continue to rise.”