Table 1.
CDC “Urgent” and “Serious” Antibiotic Resistance Threats3 | BSA High-Priority Bacterial Threats23 |
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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) |