2024-05-17

WHO bacterial priority pathogens list, 2024

: Bacterial pathogens of public health importance to guide research, development and strategies to prevent and control antimicrobial resistance 

The WHO BPPL 2024 includes the following bacteria:

Critical priority:

• Acinetobacter baumannii, carbapenem-resistant;
• Enterobacterales, third-generation cephalosporin-resistant; and 
• Enterobacterales, carbapenem-resistant;
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis, rifampicin-resistant
  (included after an independent analysis with parallel tailored criteria,
  and subsequent application of an adapted multi-criteria decision analysis matrix)

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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