The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Breakdown of resistant bacteria
Here is the full list of the bacteria, broken down according to the urgency of need for new antibiotics.
These are considered to be of “critical” priority.
Acinetobacter baumannii – carbapenem-resistant.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa – carbapenem-resistant.
En te rob ac teri ace a e–c a rb a pen em resistant, ES B L-producing. The following are of “high” priority. Enterococcus faecium – vancomycin-resistant.
Staphylococcus au re us–met hicil lin resistant, van co myc in-intermediate and resistant.
He li co b act erpy lori–cl arithromyc in resistant.
Campylobacter spp – fluoroquinolone-resistant.
Salmonellae–flu oroquinol one resistant.
Neisseria gonorrhoea e–cephalosp or in-resistant, flu oroquinol one resistant.
The final three are deemed to be of “medium” priority.
Streptococcus pneumoniae – penicillin-non-susceptible.
Haemophilus influenzae – ampicillin-resistant.
S hi ge ll as pp–flu oroquinol one resistant.