Table 1. Priority organisms considered for AMR surveillance¹¹.

First priority	Second priority	Third priority
Clostridium difficile	Aspergillus species	Aeromonas species
ESBL-producing organisms2	Bacteroides species	Chlamydia pneumoniae
Carbapenem-resistant organisms (Acinetobacter + Enterobacteriaceae species) 3	Candida albicans	Cryptococcus neoformans
Enterococcus species	Chlamydia trachomatis	Haemophilus influenza
Neisseria gonorrhoeae	Helicobacter pylori	Non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (pulmonary)
Streptococcus pyogenes Streptococcus pneumoniae	Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Salmonella species	Group B Streptococcus
Staphylococcus aureus	Shigella species
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Campylobacter species

¹ As developed and accepted by the CIDSC AMR Surveillance Task Group, December 2014 (unpublished report)
 ² Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing organisms: Enterobacteriaceae species (Klebsiella, E. coli), Pseudomonas. Others to consider: Providencia stuartii, Citrobacter, Serratia, Proteus, Enterobacter
 ³ Carbapenem-resistant organisms (CROs): Enterobacteriaceae species (Klebsiella, E. coli), Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter