Infectious Diseases: Control and Prevention

Resistance and Emerging Infectious Organisms

Emerging antimicrobial resistance among hospital pathogens has typically become endemic, but clustered outbreaks certain occur.  Detailed microbial descriptions and pathogen epidemiology by reference laboratories, such as the WRAIR’s Multi-Drug Organism Resistance and Surveillance Network (MRSN), are well established. An Infectious disease whose occurrence has increased in the past years or threatens to increase is termed as emerging. These diseases include new infections, previously unrecognized infections and old infections reappearing due to antimicrobial resistance, public health issues and unhygienic conditions.