Pathogenicity and Antibiotic Resistance of Helicobacter pylori
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 332
Special Issue Editor
Interests: Helicobacter pylori; biofilm; coccoid forms; morphology; outer membrane vesicles; antibiotic tolerance; antimicrobial/antibiofilm activity
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Dear Colleagues,
Helicobacter pylori is one of the most common human pathogens. Even though more than 40 years have passed since its discovery, knowledge about methods aimed at effective control of this bacterium is still insufficient. The reason for this impasse is strictly linked to a wide range of virulence factors enabling this pathogen for the establishment of a chronic infection and its easiness of acquiring mechanisms of antibiotic resistance/tolerance.
Therefore, the main goal of this Special Issue is to encourage scientists and clinicians to share the latest scientific reports on the pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance of Helicobacter pylori. As part of the Special Issue, authors are encouraged to submit original research papers, short communications and reviews describing the molecular phenomena responsible for the pathogenesis of this bacterium (adhesins, toxins, enzymes), as well as the development of both antibiotic resistance (point mutations) and antibiotic tolerance (efflux pumps, biofilm formation, transition into coccoid forms and secretion of membrane vesicles).
Dr. Paweł Krzyżek
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Helicobacter pylori
- antibiotic resistance
- antibiotic tolerance
- point mutations
- efflux pumps
- biofilm formation
- coccoid forms
- membrane vesicles
- virulence factors
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