ESKAPE Pathogens & Why We Should Concern About Them

Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species comprise the ESKAPE panel of bacteria and cause the majority of hospital-related infections in the United States. These organisms consistently “escape” the effects of many clinical antibiotics and are a growing threat to public health. We should be careful with all of the ESKAPE bacterias as they can cause us various dangers because ESKAPEs bacteria are antibiotic resistant bacteria. Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to resist the effects of medication previously used to treat them.

E. faecium has developed multi-drug antibiotic resistance and uses colonization and secreted factors in virulence, enzymes capable of breaking down fibrin, protein, and carbohydrates to regulate adherence bacteria to inhibit competitive bacteria. Next, S. aureus is one of the most common causes of bacteremia and infective endocarditis. Additionally, it can cause various skin and soft tissue infections, particularly when skin or mucosal barriers have been breached. Thus, the most common condition caused by K. pneumoniae bacteria outside the hospital is pneumonia, typically in the form of bronchopneumonia and also bronchitis. Hence, A. baumannii infections in turn range from fevers and chills, rash, confusion and/or altered…