WHO Bacterial Priority Pathogens (2017)
The World Health Organization publishes a periodic priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to guide research, surveillance, and stewardship efforts. QualiBact provides species-level genome assembly QC thresholds for most of the species named below — click through to see the recommended thresholds.
Download QC thresholds (WHO 2017 list, CSV)4-bound thresholds (FAIL + WARN) for every species on this list, grouped by tier.
Critical priority
Acinetobacter baumannii
carbapenem-resistant
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
carbapenem-resistant
Enterobacteriaceae
carbapenem-resistant, third-generation cephalosporin-resistant
46 covered species across Escherichia, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Citrobacter, Salmonella, Serratia, Proteus:
High priority
Enterococcus faecium
vancomycin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
meticillin-resistant, vancomycin intermediate / resistant
Helicobacter pylori
clarithromycin-resistant
Campylobacter spp.
fluoroquinolone-resistant
7 covered species across Campylobacter:
Salmonellae
fluoroquinolone-resistant
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
cephalosporin-resistant, fluoroquinolone-resistant
Providencia species
third-generation cephalosporin-resistant
2 covered species across Providencia:
Medium priority
Streptococcus pneumoniae
penicillin non-susceptible
Haemophilus influenzae
ampicillin-resistant
Shigella spp.
fluoroquinolone-resistant
Shigella is phylogenetically nested within Escherichia coli; E. coli thresholds are the closest available proxy until Shigella-specific thresholds are added.