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Progress and Challenges in the Antibiotic Treatment of Infections

edited by Marina Bubonja-Sonje

submission deadline 24 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2106 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial therapy; antimicrobial stewardship; antimicrobial resistance; rapid microbiological diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)

Antibiotic Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship for Children in the Emergency Department

edited by

Michael Barrett

and

Spyridon Karageorgos

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 34444 | Submission Open

Keywords: pediatric ED; ambulatory; antimicrobial stewardship; antibiotic use; antimicrobial resistance; point-of-care testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Antimicrobials Use: Clinical Safety to Environmental Risk—Learning from One Health Approach

edited by

Anabela Almeida

Leonor M. Meisel

and

Ana Fortuna

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 32265 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobials; antifungals; antiviral; environment; antimicrobial resistance; pharmacokinetics; risk-assessment; prioritisation; One-Health

Antimicrobial Activity of Secondary Metabolites Produced in Nature

edited by

Dragana Božić

and

Mirjana D. Marčetić

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 30681 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; multidrug-resistant pathogens; secondary metabolites; natural products; terpenes; phenolic compounds; polyketides; antimicrobial peptides; bacteriocins; bacterial/fungal toxins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Derived Antibiotics)

Membranes to Fight Drug-Resistant Microbes

edited by

Nermina Malanovic

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18797 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial peptides; membrane-active compounds; mode of action; lipidoids; vaccines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Peptides)

From Detection to Treatment: Navigating Urinary Tract Infections with Antibiotics

edited by

Eleonora Nicolai

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15374 | Submission Open

Genomic Characterization of Antimicrobial Resistance and Evolution Mechanism of Bacteria

edited by

Daniel Gyamfi Amoako

and

Linda Bester

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 14269 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance mechanism; mobile genetic element; horizontal gene transfer; resistome; evolution; molecular phylogenetics; genomics; bioinformatics analysis; next-generation sequencing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanism and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance)

Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs): Prevention, Control and Surveillance

edited by

Maria Bagattini

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10699 | Submission Open

Keywords: healthcare-associated infections (HAIs); infection prevention and control; antimicrobial resistance; HAIs management and control; carbapenem resistant (CR) Enterobacterales; carbapenem resistant (CR) Acinetobacter baumannii

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)

Bacterial Resistome and Antimicrobial Resistance in Animal Infectious Diseases

edited by

Paolo Capozza

Nicola Pugliese

and

Maria Tempesta

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 8432 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacterial resistome; antimicrobial resistance; animal Infectious diseases; veterinary medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics in Animal Health)

Antibiotics: Fighting Disease and Promoting Health by Embracing the Two Sides of the Same Coin

edited by

Chrysoula Voidarou

Elisavet Stavropoulou

and

Eugenia Bezirtzoglou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7074 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotics; probiotics; antibacterial activity; functional food; natural compounds; natural antimicrobials; microbiome; antimicrobial resistance; resistome

(This special issue belongs to the Section The Global Need for Effective Antibiotics)

Antimicrobial Applications of Green Nanotechnology in Biomedicine and the Environment

edited by

María Gabriela Paraje

, Maria Teresa A. Alvarez Aliaga, Natalia Lorena Guiñazú and

Fernando Gomes de Souza Junior

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5923 | Submission Open

Keywords: green nanoparticles; eco-friendly synthesis; antimicrobial activity; anti-biofilm strategies; antimicrobial resistance; synergistic effects; drug delivery systems; nanotoxicity; sustainable nanotechnology; environmental applications; one health approach

(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Antimicrobial Agents)

Antimicrobial Activity of Extracts from Plants, 2nd Edition

edited by

Lucia Recinella

and

Sheila Leone

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5548 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial activity; metabolomic fingerprint; bioinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Antimicrobial Agents)

Antibiotic Resistance in Hospital-Acquired Infections

edited by Andreea-Loredana Golli,

Ovidiu Zlatian

and

Alice Elena Ghenea

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3730 | Submission Open

Keywords: healthcare-associated infections; multi-drug resistance; epidemiology; antimicrobial therapy; patient outcomes; infection prevention and control strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)

Antibiotic Stewardship Implementation Strategies

edited by

Massimo Sartelli

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3298 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic stewardship; implementation; hospital settings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Antibiotics and the Evolution of Resistance: Insights into Horizontal Gene Transfer

edited by

Günther Koraimann

and

Elisabeth Grohmann

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2821 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic resistance spread and evolution; pathogens; one health; plasmids; integrative conjugative elements; bacteriophages; conjugative transfer; transduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanism and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance)

Discovery and Development of Novel Antibacterial Agents—2nd Edition

edited by

Kui Zhu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1833 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic discovery; antibacterial target; mode of action; natural product

(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Antimicrobial Agents)

Advances in Infective Endocarditis Research: From Bench to Bedside

edited by Joya-Rita Hindy

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1667 | Submission Open

Keywords: infective endocarditis; prosthetic valve endocarditis; cardiac implantable electronic devices; recurrent infective endocarditis; valvular heart disease; cardiac surgery; molecular diagnostics; innovative drug delivery; antimicrobial resistance; suppressive therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)

Challenges and Strategies for the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis

edited by

Manuel Simões

and

Marc Maresca

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1520 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotics stewardship; antimicrobial use; antibiotics resistance; novel antimicrobial agents; multidisciplinary antimicrobial strategies; antibiotic clinical studies; artificial intelligence strategies

Antibiotic Treatment and Antibiotic Resistance of Enterococcus Infections, 2nd Edition

edited by

Giovanni Boccia

Gianluigi Franci

and

Biagio Santella

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1514 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotics; antimicrobial resistance; enterococcus faecium; enterococcus faecalis; drug resistance; epidemiologic studies; endocarditis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)

Advancing and Standardising Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Resistance Detection Methodology

edited by

Owen B. Spiller

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 892 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial susceptibility testing; resistance screening; rapid diagnostics; clinical; veterinary; environmental; validation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanism and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance)

Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic Resistance in Dermatology

edited by

Ayman Grada

and

Christopher Bunick

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 724 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotics; resistance; dermatology; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Antimicrobial Stewardship—from Projects to Standard of Care

edited by Gesche Först and Franky Buyle

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 643 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial stewardship; antimicrobial use; antibiotics; implementation; efficacy; quality; antimicrobial prescribing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Multidurg Resistant Enterobacterales: Mechanisms, Epidemiology and Diagnostics

edited by José Manuel Ortiz De La Rosa and

Mustafa Sadek

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 517 | Submission Open

Keywords: multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales; dissemination; detection; β -lactamases; genomics

Ionic Liquids as Novel Antimicrobial Agents

edited by

Patrick-Julian Mester

and Tomasz Cłapa

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 419 | Submission Open

Keywords: ionic liquids; antimicrobials; biocides; bacteria; fungi; viruses; structure– activity relationship

(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Antimicrobial Agents)

Antibiotics for Primary Care Practice

edited by Reza Nassiri

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 360 | Submission Open

Keywords: primary care practice; nursing home practice; remote practice; antibiotic prescription habits; antibiotic resistance in clinical practice; public health consequences of antibiotic resistance; antibiotics stewardship practices; elements of safe practice

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Novel (Bio)electroanalytical Methods and Related Outcomes of Antibiotics Determination

edited by

Mihaela Buleandrǎ

and

Dana Elena Popa

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotics; electrochemical (bio)sensors; electroanalysis; redox behavior; electrochemical instrumentation; modified electrodes

(This special issue belongs to the Section The Global Need for Effective Antibiotics)

Epidemiology, Drug Resistance, and Virulence in Zoonotic Pathogens

edited by

Sonsiray Alvarez-Narvaez

Laura Huber

and Susan Sanchez

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; epidemiology; molecular epidemiology; virulence; host– pathogen interactions; zoonosis; one health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics in Animal Health)

New Inhibitors for Overcoming Antimicrobial Resistance

edited by

Humberto Medeiros Barreto

and

Sofia Santos Costa

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; resistance mechanisms; inhibitors; enzymatic inhibitors; efflux; biofilms

Urinary Tract Infections: Diagnosis, Etiology, Antibiotic Treatment, and Current Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance

edited by Michael Mihailov Petrov

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: urinary tract infections (UTIs); etiology; epidemiology; microbiological diagnosis; antimicrobial resistance; treatment; molecular genetic methods; resistotypes; rapid identification; uropathogens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)

Global Perspectives on Antimicrobial Stewardship: Lessons from Multidisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Approaches

edited by

Gigi Lim

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial stewardship; antimicrobial resistance; clinical expertise; public health; AI

Antimicrobial Resistance of Staphylococcus spp. in Animals: A One Health Perspective

edited by Gi Yong Lee

submission deadline 5 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open

Keywords: staphylococci; molecular epidemiology; antimicrobial resistance; One Health; multiomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics in Animal Health)

Strategies to Counteract Mono- and Polymicrobial Biofilm-Related Infections

edited by

Giovanni Di Bonaventura

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1294 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobials; anti-biofilm; biofilm control; biofilm-associated infections

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiofilm Strategies)

Antimicrobial Resistance in the Era of Climate Change

edited by

Natalia G. Vallianou

and Eleni Geladari

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 696 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; extremes in temperature; antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

Pharmacologic Management of MDR Respiratory and Bacteraemic Infections

edited by

Demosthènes A. Makris

and Konstantinos D. Mantzarlis

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 402 | Submission Open

Keywords: pneumonia; bacteraemia; intensive care; MDR infections; antibiotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)

Discovery and Development of the Novel Antimicrobial Agent—2nd Volume

edited by

Zeinab Khalil

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotics; bacteria; fungi; plants; multidrug-resistant pathogens; natural products; mode of action; mechanism of action; drug target; drug development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Antimicrobial Agents)

Nanomaterials in Oral Health: Novel Antimicrobial Treatments in Dentistry

edited by

Liliana Burlibasa

and

Serena Riela

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 245 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; oral health; antimicrobial treatments; dentistry; genotoxicity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Materials and Surfaces)

Surveillance of Carbapenem-Resistant Microbes and Strategies to Combat Them

edited by Daniela Cejas and Marcela Radice

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic resistance; epidemiology; carbapenemases; carbapenem resistance; enterobacterales; acinetobacter baumannii; resistance plasmids; surveillance; genomics; high-risk clones

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanism and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance)

Antibiotic Choices for Pediatric Infections

edited by Theodouli Stergiopoulou

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: pediatric; neonatal infectious diseases; antimicrobial agents; antibiotic treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)

Antibiotic-Associated Dysbiosis and Management

edited by

Yuseok Moon

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4483 | Submission Open

Keywords: dysbiosis; antibiotics; immunity; microbiota; intervention

Strategies for the Design of Hybrid-Based Antimicrobial Compounds

edited by

Vuyolwethu Khwaza

Sibusiso Alven

and

Blessing Atim Aderibigbe

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1084 | Submission Open

Keywords: hybrid compounds; antimicrobial agents; antibacterial agents; antifungal activity; antiviral activity; in vitro evaluation; structure– activity relationship (SAR); bioactive molecules; nanoformulations; targeted drug delivery; pharmacological screening; clinical studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Antimicrobial Agents)

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Antibiotics in the Hospital Environment

edited by Natalia Brucker

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1969 | Submission Open

Keywords: therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM); antibiotics; hospital environment; healthcare

Plants, Lichens, Fungi, and Algae Extracts and Derivatives with Antimicrobial Properties for Nutrition and Health

edited by

Violeta Popovici

Emma Adriana Ozon

Andreea Letitia Arsene

and

Verginica Schroder

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 21350 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity; plants/lichens/fungi/algae extracts and derived products with antibacterial; antifungal; antiviral; antiprotozoal and antihelmintic properties; antimicrobial metabolites: quantification and characterization; pharmaceutical formulation; in vivo and in vitro testing; essential oils with antimicrobial properties for the pharmaceutical and food industry; functional foods; plant-based diet; case studies; prevention and treatment of infectious diseases with plant-derived products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Derived Antibiotics)

State-of-the-Art in Antimicrobial Research in Greece

edited by

Paraskevi Papaioannidou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15286 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotics; antimicrobials; antibiotic surveillance; antimicrobial resistance; biofilms; one health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Honey: Antimicrobial and Anti-infective Function

edited by

Niels Cremers

and

Juraj Majtan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15179 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial activity; biofilms; infections; clinical applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Antimicrobial Agents)

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infections in Animals

edited by

John B. Kaneene

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14997 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; mechanisms; humane and societal concerns; risk factors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics in Animal Health)

Artificial Intelligence and Antimicrobial Resistance: Innovation, Global Challenges and the Future of Healthcare

edited by

Fabio Scarpa

and

Francesco Branda

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 11515 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; artificial intelligence; digital health; drug discovery; patient-centric care; therapeutic innovations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Antibiotics and Infectious Respiratory Diseases, 2nd Edition

edited by

Francesco Di Gennaro

Fabrizio Palmieri

and

Gina Gualano

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10879 | Submission Open

Keywords: infectious respiratory diseases; pulmonary tuberculosis; COVID-19 pneumonia; antibiotic use and resistance; gram negative; gram positive; pneumonia opportunistic infection; multidrug resistance (MDR); medical education; infection prevention control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)

Antibiotic Use in the Communities—2nd Edition

edited by

Timo Juhani Lajunen

and

Mark Sullman

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10681 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic use; community; behavior; socioeconomic factors; culture; values

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and/or TDM of Antimicrobial Agents

edited by

Yukihiro Hamada

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8985 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics; therapeutic drug monitoring; antimicrobial resistant; AI; antimicrobial stewardship

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Drugs)

Nosocomial Infections and Complications in ICU Settings

edited by Ignacio Martín-Loeches

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7721 | Submission Open

Keywords: nosocomial infections; critical care; pneumonia; ICU; sepsis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

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