Scanning electron micrograph of a highly magnified cluster of Gram-negative, non-motile Acinetobacter baumannii bacteriaWIKIMEDIA, CDC
Update (March 13): In an open letter published last week (March 6), members of the Stop TB Partnership wrote that the WHO’s decision to leave Mycobacterium tuberculosis off its list of antibiotic development priorities sent “the false and counterproductive message that drug-resistant TB is not a public health threat.” Separately, José Luis Castro of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease wrote in an opinion for STAT News that “the exclusion of TB from the global priority list is a sudden broadside to the TB effort.” In response, WHO’s Kieny reiterated that the exclusion of TB was intentional. “The goal of this report is to highlight research and development needs in addition to, and beyond, those directed toward antibiotic-resistant TB,” Kieny wrote.
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