Health: Reference: “WHO Publishes List of Bacteria For Which New Antibiotics are Urgently Needed”
From the World Health Organization (WHO):
WHO today published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” – a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health.
The list was drawn up in a bid to guide and promote research and development (R&D) of new antibiotics, as part of WHO’s efforts to address growing global resistance to antimicrobial medicines.
The list highlights in particular the threat of gram-negative bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. These bacteria have built-in abilities to find new ways to resist treatment and can pass along genetic material that allows other bacteria to become drug-resistant as well.
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The WHO list is divided into three categories according to the urgency of need for new antibiotics: critical, high and medium priority.
Read the Complete Summary, Review List of Bacteria
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Global Priority List of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria to Guide Research, Discovery, and Development of New Antibiotics
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