HAI Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance Report Data Tables, 2018-2021

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Table P10. Percent of SSI Pathogens That Were Resistant to Selected Antimicrobials and Classified as “Urgent” or “Serious” Antimicrobial Resistant Threats1 for High-volume Surgical Categories2, Pediatrics, 2018-2021

Table P10. Percent of SSI Pathogens That Were Resistant to Selected Antimicrobials and Classified as “Urgent” or “Serious” Antimicrobial Resistant Threats1 for High-volume Surgical Categories, Pediatrics, 2018-2021
    All Surgery Types Abdominal Orthopedic Neurosurgical Cardiac
  Pathogen, Antimicrobial Phenotype # Reported % Tested %R # Reported % Tested %R # Reported % Tested %R # Reported % Tested %R # Reported % Tested %R
Urgent

Threats

Acinetobacter spp. 20 2 3 11 2
Carbapenem-NS . . . . . . . . . .
Select Enterobacterales3 1,386 1,014 223 105 32
Carbapenem-resistant (CRE) 75.6 1.0 75.5 1.2 71.7 0.6 82.9 0.0 78.1 0.0
Serious

Threats

Select Enterobacterales4 1,079 834 152 69 15
Extended-spectrum cephalosporin-NS 86.2 17.0 85.3 17.4 85.5 17.7 95.7 7.6 . .
Enterobacter spp. 286 169 64 33 17
Cefepime-NS 83.9 9.2 84.0 9.9 82.8 7.5 78.8 7.7 . .
Enterococcus faecalis 306 235 21 21 25
Vancomycin-resistant (VRE) 86.9 0.0 88.1 0.0 . . . . 80.0 0.0
Enterococcus faecium 62 54 7 1 0
Vancomycin-resistant (VRE) 90.3 12.5 90.7 10.2 . . . . . .
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 449 253 100 64 26
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) 95.5 1.4 98.4 1.6 96.0 2.1 87.5 0.0 88.5 0.0
Staphylococcus aureus 891 220 273 202 171
Meth/ox/cefox – resistant (MRSA) 86.6 25.4 90.5 32.7 86.1 19.6 83.7 29.0 84.8 17.2

 

Note: Percent resistance is not calculated when the number of tested isolates is < 20. Refer to Technical Resources for more information about phenotype definitions, acronyms, and terms used in this table.

Footnotes:

  1. As classified by CDC’s 2022 Special Report: COVID-19 U.S. Impact on Antimicrobial Resistance [PDF – 10.7 MB]
  2. The top 4 surgical categories by pathogen volume are shown in this table. “All surgery types” consists of all NHSN procedures combined, and is not limited to the 4 categories shown in the table. Refer to CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance & Patient Safety Portal for antimicrobial resistance data for each NHSN procedure code.
  3. Consists of E. coli, Klebsiella oxytoca, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella aerogenes, and Enterobacter spp.
  4. Consists of E. coli, Klebsiella oxytoca, and Klebsiella pneumoniae.