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. 2022 Mar 7;13:835677. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.835677

TABLE 1.

WHO and CDC priority bacteria list for R&D.

Priority WHOa CDCb
Critical Acinetobacter baumannii
(carbapenem-resistant)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(carbapenem-resistant)
Enterobacteriaceaec
(carbapenem-resistant; 3rd generation cephalosporin-resistant)		 Acinetobacter baumannii
(carbapenem-resistant)
Clostridioides difficile
Enterobacteriaceae
(carbapenem-resistant)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
(drug-resistant)
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
(3rd generation cephalosporin-resistant; fluoroquinolone-resistant)		 Campylobacter
(drug-resistant)
Enterobacteriaceae
(ESBL-producing)
Enterococci
(vancomycin-resistant)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(multidrug-resistant)
Salmonella spp.
(drug-resistant)
Shigella spp.
(drug-resistant)
Staphylococcus aureus
(methicillin-resistant)
Streptococcus pneumoniae
(drug-resistant)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(drug-resistant)
Medium Streptococcus pneumoniae
(penicillin-non-susceptible)
Haemophilus influenzae
(ampicillin-resistant)
Shigella spp.
(fluoroquinolone-resistant)		 Streptococcus
(erythromycin-resistant; clindamycin-resistant)

aWorld Health Organization. bCenters for Disease Control and Prevention. cEnterobacteriaceae include: Klebsiella pneumonia, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter spp., Serratia spp., Proteus spp., and Providencia spp., Morganella spp.