The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)

Breakdown of resistant bacteria

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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.

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