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WHO's First-Ever List Of The Dirty Dozen Superbugs

On the list of pathogens (from left): <a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/2lZBtep&quot;>Staphylococcus aureus</a> (causes skin infections, pneumonia, bloodstream infections), <em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</em> (causes blood infections, pneumonia, infections after surgery) and <a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/niaid/16221300454&quot;>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</a> (causes the sexually-transmitted disease gonorrhea). (NIAID; Scott Chimileski and Roberto Kolter, NIH Image Gallery/Flickr; NIAID)
On the list of pathogens (from left): Staphylococcus aureus (causes skin infections, pneumonia, bloodstream infections), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (causes blood infections, pneumonia, infections after surgery) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (causes the sexually-transmitted disease gonorrhea). (NIAID; Scott Chimileski and Roberto Kolter, NIH Image Gallery/Flickr; NIAID)

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