Antibiotic-resistant bacteria

bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans

species of bacterium

species of bacterium

tuberculosis that is resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin, the two most powerful first-line anti-TB drugs

antibiotic-resistant microorganism

species of bacterium

species of bacterium

antibiotic-resistant bacterial strain

tuberculosis that is resistant to standard drugs

antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria

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