20 May 2024 • The WHO has released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024, highlighting 15 antibiotic-resistant bacteria families categorized into critical, high, and medium priority levels.

The critical category includes carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, third-generation cephalosporin-resistant and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, and rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

High priority:

• Salmonella Typhi, fluoroquinolone-resistant
• Shigella spp., fluoroquinolone-resistant
• Enterococcus faecium, vancomycin-resistant
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa, carbapenem-resistant
• Non-typhoidal Salmonella, fluoroquinolone-resistant
• Neisseria gonorrhoeae, third-generation cephalosporin- and/or fluoroquinolone-resistant
• Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant

Medium priority:

• Group A streptococci, macrolide-resistant
• Streptococcus pneumoniae, macrolide-resistant
• Haemophilus influenzae, ampicillin-resistant
• Group B streptococci, penicillin-resistant

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