Authors : Tulika Mishra
DOI : 10.18231/j.ijmmtd.2023.012
Volume : 9
Issue : 1
Year : 2023
Page No : 66-69
Background: Invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitides is a serious disease that is deadly in 5–15% and incapacitating in 12–20% of cases. There are twelve strains known so far, out of which six serogroups (A, B, C, W, X, and Y) have been found to cause Invasive meningococcal disease. Infection can cause meningitis, septicemia, bacteremic pneumonia, and bacteremia without focus and can cause long-term disability. Outbreaks of meningococcal disease are rare in the United States but recently outbreak has declared in Florida by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Materials and Methods: All analyses for this cross-sectional study were conducted using Bact Facts Interactive which collects data from Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs), a part of CDC’s Emerging Infections Program
Result: All the data for percentage cases of bacteremia & pneumonia, percentage cases of bacteremia without focus, Meningitis, and total case rate of Neisseria meningitides infection declined down from 2010 to 2020.
Conclusion: The present study highlights that in the United States due to strict vaccination, surveillance, and usage of antibiotics at the appropriate time, the cases of Neisseria meningitides infection declined to a greater extent.
Keywords : Meningococcal disease, Neisseria meningitides, Vaccination, United States