Accession Number:

AD1036823

Title:

Annual Surveillance Summary: Bacterial Infections in the Military Health System (MHS), 2015

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,01 Jan 2015,31 Dec 2015

Corporate Author:

NAVY AND MARINE CORPS PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER PORTSMOUTH VA PORTSMOUTH United States

Personal Author(s):

• Chukwuma,Uzo

Report Date:

2017-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

3.0

Abstract:

The Hospital Associated Infections and Patient Safety Division of the EpiData Center EDC performs ongoing, comprehensive surveillance of bacterial infections considered urgent, serious, and concerning threats as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC within the Military Health System MHS. This brief summarizes incidence rates IRs, subpopulation impacts, prescription practices, and antimicrobial resistance for the following infections among MHS beneficiaries for calendar year CY 2015 Acinetobacter species, Clostridium difficile, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella species, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci VRE. Bacterial activity of interest in the MHS in 2015 exhibited expected trends and closely resembled activity in the general United States population as reported by the CDC and other public health agencies. No significant threat to mission readiness or population health was observed, and traditional treatment options remain viable. Continued adherence to infection control practices is recommended in the clinical, occupational, and deployed settings.

Descriptors:

• anti infective agents
• communicable disease control
• infectious disease transmission
• public health practice
• bacterial infections and mycoses
• hygiene
• wound infections
• infection control
• therapeutics
• department of defense
• hospitals
• drug resistance
• microbiology
• surveillance
• STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGEs
• military medicine

Subject Categories:

• Microbiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE