Evaluation of the rate of Neisseria meningitides Infection in the United States from 2010 to 2020

Abstract

Invasive meningococcal disease caused by 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. To study the pattern of Meningococcal infection from 2010-2020 in the United States. 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 All the data for percentage cases of bacteremia & pneumonia, percentage cases of bacteremia without focus, Meningitis, and total case rate of infection declined down from 2010 to 2020.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 infection declined to a greater extent.