Antibiotic Resistance of Enteric Bacteria
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 382
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antimicrobial resistance (AMR); biofilm; environmental response; molecular genetics; bacterial pathogenicity; infection control
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Dear Colleagues,
The intestinal tract is the first reservoir of antimicrobial agents when orally administrated. Then, bacteria acquired the resistance can be dominantly selected at the site, and some genes responsible for the resistance are often transmitted to other members. Although most of enteric bacteria are opportunistic pathogens and its virulence is low at the enteric site, they can often cause severe diseases, such as sepsis, encephalosis, and endocarditis, when they enter the bloodstream. There are also some members that are highly virulent in the enteric site. To prevent and treat the severe infections, antimicrobial agents are commonly used; however, the bacteria have acquired resistance to conventional antibiotics. In this Special Issue, we collect papers from original basic research on antimicrobial resistance of enteric bacteria, including, but not limited to, identification/characterization of novel genes/proteins responsible for resistance, molecular studies on the resistance mechanism and gene transmission, and the proposal of strategies and/or methodologies to combat resistance. We also welcome review papers to provide up-to-date information concerning our topic.
Dr. Hidetada Hirakawa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
- drug resistance
- enteric bacteria
- infectious disease
- virulence
- bacterial translocation
- urinary tract infection
- biofilm
- combination chemotherapy
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