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Table 80-1

Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013

THREAT CATEGORYORGANISMS
Urgent

Clostridium difficile

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae

Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Serious

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter

Drug-resistant Campylobacter

Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus

Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Drug-resistant nontyphoidal Salmonella

Drug-resistant Salmonella typhi

Drug-resistant Shigella

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

Drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Concerning

Vancomycin-resistant S. aureus

Erythromycin-resistant group A Streptococcus

Clindamycin-resistant group B Streptococcus

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.