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. 2022 Jan 19;399(10325):629–655. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02724-0

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Global deaths (counts) attributable to and associated with bacterial antimicrobial resistance by infectious syndrome, 2019

Estimates were aggregated across drugs, accounting for the co-occurrence of resistance to multiple drugs. Error bars show 95% uncertainty intervals. Does not include gonorrhoea and chlamydia because we did not estimate the fatal burden of this infectious syndrome. Bone+=infections of bones, joints, and related organs. BSI=bloodstream infections. Cardiac=endocarditis and other cardiac infections. CNS=meningitis and other bacterial CNS infections. Intra-abdominal=peritoneal and intra-abdominal infections. LRI+=lower respiratory infections and all related infections in the thorax. Skin=bacterial infections of the skin and subcutaneous systems. TF–PF–iNTS= typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, and invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella spp. UTI=urinary tract infections and pyelonephritis.