World Health Organization publishes list of 12 bacteria families for which antibiotics are desperately needed

World Health Organization publishes list of 12 bacteria families for which antibiotics are desperately needed

For the first time ever, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a list of 12 families of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that pose the greatest risk to human health. This list of priority pathogens was created as a guide to promote research and development of new antibiotics to combat growing global resistance to antimicrobial medicines.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2017/bacteria-antibiotics-needed/en/