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. 2024 Jul 11;14(7):339. doi: 10.3390/bios14070339

Figure 2.

Figure 2

The ‘critical’ category of the list published in 2017 by the WHO consisted of the ‘KAPE’ group, specifically carbapenem-resistant (CR) and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing K. pneumoniae and Enterobacter spp., together with A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa, both with CR, while the “high” category comprises, among other bacterial species, the “ES” group, in particular vancomycin-resistant E. faecium (VRE) and vancomycin- and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA-MRSA). By 2024, the critical group consisted of genus Enterobacteriaceae and A. baumannii CR, the other species of the ESKAPE pathogens were distributed in the high group. Figures taken and modified from the 2017 and 2024 WHO reports [38,40].