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Vital Signs: Containment of Novel Multidrug-Resistant Organisms and Resistance Mechanisms — United States, 2006–2017

Overview of attention for article published in MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, April 2018
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Title
Vital Signs: Containment of Novel Multidrug-Resistant Organisms and Resistance Mechanisms — United States, 2006–2017
Published in
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, April 2018
DOI 10.15585/mmwr.mm6713e1
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Authors

Kate Russell Woodworth, Maroya Spalding Walters, Lindsey M. Weiner, Jonathan Edwards, Allison C. Brown, Jennifer Y. Huang, Sarah Malik, Rachel B. Slayton, Prabasaj Paul, Catherine Capers, Marion A. Kainer, Nancy Wilde, Alicia Shugart, Garrett Mahon, Alexander J. Kallen, Jean Patel, L. Clifford McDonald, Arjun Srinivasan, Michael Craig, Denise M. Cardo

Abstract

Approaches to controlling emerging antibiotic resistance in health care settings have evolved over time. When resistance to broad-spectrum antimicrobials mediated by extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) arose in the 1980s, targeted interventions to slow spread were not widely promoted. However, when Enterobacteriaceae with carbapenemases that confer resistance to carbapenem antibiotics emerged, directed control efforts were recommended. These distinct approaches could have resulted in differences in spread of these two pathogens. CDC evaluated these possible changes along with initial findings of an enhanced antibiotic resistance detection and control strategy that builds on interventions developed to control carbapenem resistance. Infection data from the National Healthcare Safety Network from 2006-2015 were analyzed to calculate changes in the annual proportion of selected pathogens that were nonsusceptible to extended-spectrum cephalosporins (ESBL phenotype) or resistant to carbapenems (carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae [CRE]). Testing results for CRE and carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) are also reported. The percentage of ESBL phenotype Enterobacteriaceae decreased by 2% per year (risk ratio [RR] = 0.98, p<0.001); by comparison, the CRE percentage decreased by 15% per year (RR = 0.85, p<0.01). From January to September 2017, carbapenemase testing was performed for 4,442 CRE and 1,334 CRPA isolates; 32% and 1.9%, respectively, were carbapenemase producers. In response, 1,489 screening tests were performed to identify asymptomatic carriers; 171 (11%) were positive. The proportion of Enterobacteriaceae infections that were CRE remained lower and decreased more over time than the proportion that were ESBL phenotype. This difference might be explained by the more directed control efforts implemented to slow transmission of CRE than those applied for ESBL-producing strains. Increased detection and aggressive early response to emerging antibiotic resistance threats have the potential to slow further spread.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 95 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 15 16%
Student > Master 9 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 8%
Student > Bachelor 8 8%
Other 7 7%
Other 20 21%
Unknown 28 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 28 29%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 7%
Immunology and Microbiology 5 5%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 4 4%
Other 12 13%
Unknown 30 32%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 578. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 September 2018.
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#40,446
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
#549
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#920
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Outputs of similar age from MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
#8
of 99 outputs
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