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

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Table P8. Percent of CLABSI Pathogens That Were Resistant to Selected Antimicrobials and Classified as “Urgent” or “Serious” Antimicrobial Resistant Threats1, by Location Type, Pediatrics, 2018-2021

Table P8. Percent of CLABSI Pathogens That Were Resistant to Selected Antimicrobials and Classified as “Urgent” or “Serious” Antimicrobial Resistant Threats, by Location Type, Pediatrics, 2018-2021
  NICUs Pediatric ICUs Pediatric Oncology Units Pediatric Wards
 Pathogen, Antimicrobial Phenotype # Reported % Tested %R # Reported % Tested %R # Reported % Tested %R # Reported % Tested %R
Urgent Threats Acinetobacter spp. 28 46 42 32
Carbapenem-NS 75.0 4.8 80.4 0.0 78.6 3.0 75.0 0.0
Select Enterobacterales2 1,135 836 1,163 731
Carbapenem-resistant (CRE) 71.8 0.5 79.7 2.9 81.3 3.7 77.3 1.1
Serious Threats Select Enterobacterales3 946 547 957 546
Extended-spectrum cephalosporin-NS 83.1 10.4 87.4 24.3 88.5 34.9 87.0 20.2
Enterobacter spp. 167 275 193 171
Cefepime-NS 71.9 0.8 81.8 13.3 72.5 16.4 78.9 8.1
Enterococcus faecalis 511 553 225 238
Vancomycin-resistant (VRE) 89.6 0.2 87.5 0.0 80.9 1.1 84.5 0.0
Enterococcus faecium 22 109 130 49
Vancomycin-resistant (VRE) 90.9 5.0 92.7 21.8 90.0 37.6 93.9 30.4
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 144 178 217 97
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) 81.3 1.7 88.2 9.6 90.8 8.1 95.9 5.4
Staphylococcus aureus 1,346 511 281 324
Meth/ox/cefox – resistant (MRSA) 87.0 28.6 85.3 27.3 82.9 33.5 82.7 32.1

Note: 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. Consists of E. coli, Klebsiella oxytoca, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella aerogenes, and Enterobacter spp.
  3. Consists of E. coli, Klebsiella oxytoca, and Klebsiella pneumoniae.