ESKAPE | German Center for Infection Research

Short description

This abbreviation is used in infectiology to describe six frequently occurring multi-resistant hospital pathogens.

Detailed description

The first letters of the acronym "ESKAPE" stand for the nosocomial bacterial pathogens:

Enterococcus faecium
Staphylococcs aureus
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Acinetobacter baumannii
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Enterobacter species

Feb 2024

Sci Rep

Aerosolized delivery of ESKAPE pathogens for murine pneumonia models

Autoren

Rox K

Medina E

02 May 2023

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