Table 1.

List of WHO’s GLASS priority pathogens

WHO Priority Level	Species	Resistance pattern
Priority 1: Critical	Acinetobacter baumannii	Carbapenem-resistant
	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Carbapenem-resistant
	Enterobacteriaceae*	Carbapenem-resistant, 3rd generation cephalosporin-resistant
Priority 2: High	Enterococcus faecium	Vancomycin-resistant
	Staphylococcus aureus	Methicillin-resistant, vancomycin intermediate and resistant
	Helicobacter pylori	Clarithromycin-resistant
	Campylobacter	Fluoroquinolone-resistant
	Salmonella spp.	Fluoroquinolone-resistant
	Neisseria gonorrhoeae	Third generation cephalosporin-resistant, fluoroquinolone-resistant
Priority 3: Medium	Streptococcus pneumoniae	Penicillin-non-susceptible
	Haemophilus influenzae	Ampicillin-resistant
	Shigella spp.	Fluoroquinolone-resistant

* Enterobacteriaceae include: Klebsiella pneumonia, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter spp., Serratia spp., Proteus spp., and Providencia spp., Morganella spp. Taken from [12]