Recent Advances in the Development of Newer Antimicrobial Agents

Dear Colleagues,

Due to rapid emergence of multidrug-resistant microbes to clinically approved antimicrobial agents, the discovery and development of novel antimicrobial agents is becoming an imperative need across the globe. As seen in the current COVID-19 crisis, drug-resistant microbial co-infections along with COVID-19 have witnessed higher hospitalization and mortality rate and also presented a big threat to the global healthcare system. Therefore, there is an imperative need to discover and develop novel antimicrobial agents with new mechanisms of action or new targets of action. In this quest, newer chemical methodologies, chemical biology, and other newly developed drug discovery technologies can be used to discover novel antimicrobial agents with different modes of actions to tackle the public health threat posed by antimicrobial resistance.

This Special Issue invites researchers across the globe to submit their original research articles, perspectives, and review articles on various aspects of discovery and developments of antimicrobial agents. Review articles by experts in this field are also welcomed to focus on highlights, current status, recent advances, and future perspectives. I believe this Special Issue would be of interest to a wide range of researchers working on addressing the challenges and advancement of antimicrobial agent research.

Dr. Krishna K. Sharma
Guest Editor

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