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Bacterial Pathogens Priority List
May 23 , 2024
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- The latest Bacterial Pathogens Priority List (BPPL) updated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
- This includes gram-negative bacteria resistant to last resort antibiotics, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to the antibiotic Rifampicin.
- The list features 15 families of antibiotic-resistant bacteria grouped into critical, high and medium categories for prioritisation.
- Seven years since it published the last such list, the WHO stated that high priority pathogens, including salmonella and shigella, are of particularly high burden in low- and middle-income countries, along with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus.
- They pose significant challenges in healthcare settings.
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