Table 1 Characteristics of most dangerous human infectious bacteria
Bacteria specie | Phylum | Order | Gram ±  | Medium | Disease | Treatment | Morphology |
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Enterococcus faecium | Firmicutes | Lactobacillales |  +  | Aerobic/Anaerobic | Meningitis Endocarditis Nosocomial inf | Linezolid Daptomycin Tigecycline Streptogramins Sultamicillin |
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Staphylococcus aureus | Firmicutes | Bacillales |  +  | Aerobic/Anaerobic | Skin inf Respiratory inf Nosocomial inf | Penicillin Oxacillin Flucloxacillin Kanamycin Gentamicin Streptomycin |
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Proteobacteria | Pseudomonadales | − | Aerobic/Anaerobic* | Sepsis syndromes Pneumonia Nosocomial inf | Aminoglycosides Quinolones Cephalosporins Carboxypenicillins Ureidopenicillins Carbapenems Polymyxins Monobactams |
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Klebsiella pneumoniae | Proteobacteria | Enterobacterales | − | Anaerobic¥ | Nosocomial inf | Aminoglycosides Cephalosporins |
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Acinetobacter baumannii | Proteobacteria | Pseudomonadales | − | Aerobic | Nosocomial inf Meningitis | Imipenem Meropenem Polymyxins |
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Enterobacter spp. | Proteobacteria | Enterobacterales | − | Anaerobic | Nosocomial inf Urinary inf Respiratory inf | Cefepime Imipenem Aminoglycosides Quinolones Polymyxins |
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Actinobacteria | Actinomycetales |  ±  | Aerobic | Tuberculosis | Isoniazid Rifampin Pyrazinamide ethambutol Bedaquiline |
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Clostridium difficile | Firmicutes | Clostridiales |  +  | Aerobic | Diarrhea Intestinal Inflammation | Stop antibiotic therapy Vancomycin Metronidazole Fidaxomicin |
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Chlamydia trachomatis | Chlamydiae | Chlamydiales | − | Aerobic | trachoma lymphogranuloma venereum nongonococcal urethritis cervicitis salpingitis pelvic inflammatory disease blindness | Tetracycline Doxycycline Azithromycin erythromycin Ofloxacin |
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Neisseria meningitidis | Proteobacteria | Neisseriales | − | Aerobic | Meningitis | Cephalosporins Penicillin G Chloramphenicol Corticosteroids |
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Vibrio cholerae | Proteobacteria | Vibrionaceae | − | Anaerobic¥ | Cholera | Hydration, glucose and electrolytes Tetracycline chloramphenicol |
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