TABLE 1 ] .

Estimated Incidence and Mortality of Selected Antibiotic-Resistant Gram-Negative Pathogens in the United States

Organism	Annual No. of Cases	Annual Deaths
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae	9,300	610
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae	26,000	1,700
Multidrug resistant Acinetobacter species	7,300	500
Multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa	6,700	440

Adapted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.¹²