Category
page 1Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
species of bacterium
Clostridioides difficile
species of bacterium
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
tuberculosis that is resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin, the two most powerful first-line anti-TB drugs
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus
antibiotic-resistant microorganism
Herminiimonas glaciei
species of bacterium
Morganella morganii
species of bacterium
vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
antibiotic-resistant bacterial strain
extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
tuberculosis that is resistant to standard drugs
Carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae
antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria
ESKAPE
ESKAPE is an acronym comprising the scientific names of six highly virulent and antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens including: Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter spp. The acronym is sometimes extended to ESKAPEE to include Escherichia coli. This group of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria can evade or 'escape' commonly used antibiotics due to their increasing multi-drug resistance (MDR). As a result, throughout the world, they are the major cause of life-threatening nosocomial or hospi