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. 2015 Dec 1;13(6):349–354. doi: 10.1089/hs.2015.0034

Table 1.

Comparison of CDC and BSA Priority Bacterial Threats

CDC “Urgent” and “Serious” Antibiotic Resistance Threats3 BSA High-Priority Bacterial Threats23
Clostridium difficile
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae
Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter
Drug-resistant Campylobacter
Fluconazole-resistant Candida (a fungus)
Extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBLs)
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE)
Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Drug-resistant nontyphoidal Salmonella
Drug-resistant Salmonella Typhi
Drug-resistant Shigella
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
Drug-resistant tuberculosis
Burkholderia mallei (glanders)
Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis), Francisella tularensis (tularemia)
Rickettsia prowazekii (typhus)
Yersinia pestis (plague)
Bacillus anthracis (anthrax)