Click on the organisms to add them to the bracket.
All bracket places need to be filled in to submit the bracket.
The number beside each organism is its overall rank in the competition.
The rankings were created using the following variables: How hard is the bug to treat, how likely will the bug develop resistance, how common is the bug, and how fatal is the bug (assuming appropriate treatment). Rank 1 is the “hardest” to beat, rank 16 the “easiest” to beat.
Each person playing for each bug will throw using different distances from the hoop and different ball types to vary how challenging it is to score.
The table below explains the variables that will be used for each bug:
| Rank | Bug | Distance of player from hoop | Ball type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VRE | Close | Easy |
| 2 | Pseudomonas | Close | Easy |
| 3 | CRE | Close | Easy |
| 4 | ESBL E. coli | Middle | Medium |
| 5 | Klebsiella aerogenes | Middle | Medium |
| 6 | RSV | Middle | Easy |
| 7 | C diff | Middle | Easy |
| 8 | MRSA | Middle | Medium |
| 9 | MSSA | Middle | Difficult |
| 10 | Candida albicans | Middle | Medium |
| 11 | Staphylococcus lugdunensis | Middle | Medium |
| 12 | Streptococcus pneumoniae | Middle | Difficult |
| 13 | Streptococcus pyogenes | Middle | Difficult |
| 14 | Rickettsia rickettsii | Middle | Medium |
| 15 | Syphilis | Far | Medium |
| 16 | HIV | Far | Medium |