Molecular Detection, Characterization, Antimicrobial Resistance and Genomic Epidemiology of Pathogenic Bacteria
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanism and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 20995
Special Issue Editor
Interests: genomic epidemiology; ESKAPE pathogens; antimicrobial resistance; whole genome sequencing; bioinformatics; healthcare-associated infections
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria have become a major challenge worldwide, and this problem is expected to worsen in the next few years, in particular due to the extensive use of antimicrobial drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rapid detection of specific bacterial species causing infections and their antibiotic resistance determinants could provide the crucial tools for coping with this global problem. Currently, molecular detection tools and whole-genome sequencing have become the gold standard for the detection and characterization of various pathogens. The combination of molecular, genomic, and bioinformatics tools has already given rise to genomic epidemiology approaches, which are currently attracting increasing attention in different fields of pathogen investigation.
For this Special Issue, we invite you to contribute original research, case reports, and review papers describing the application of current molecular techniques to the detection, characterization, antimicrobial resistance determination, and epidemiological surveillance of various bacterial pathogens, including the ones causing co-infections in COVID-19 patients. Reports based on whole-genome sequencing and genomic epidemiology analysis are particularly welcome. Novel computational approaches for antimicrobial resistance determination and genomic characterization will also be considered.
Dr. Andrey Shelenkov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pathogenic bacteria
- molecular detection
- antibiotic resistance
- whole genome sequencing
- genomic epidemiology
- antimicrobial resistance prediction
- ESKAPE pathogens
- COVID-19 co-infections
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