The WHO calls it a list of "priority pathogens" because the bacteria have developed resistance to key antibiotic drugs. 'Antibiotic resistance is growing, and we are fast running out of treatment options,' she says. "Antibiotic resistance is growing, and we are fast running out of treatment options. And most of the largest pharmaceutical companies abandoned antibiotic development years ago because it wasn't profitable. The WHO also warns that new drugs by themselves won't solve the antibiotic resistance problem.

Source: CBC News February 27, 2017 15:01 UTC