Antibiotic Resistance: Present Knowledge and Future Challenges

Dear Colleagues,

Antibiotic resistance constitutes a worldwide problem that implicates humans, animals and environmental health and today it is among the greatest challenges for public health this century. The emergence and rapid spread of antibiotic resistance has significantly limited the effective prevention and treatment of various infections caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. This phenomenon not only endangers human and animal health but also threatens to impose significant economic costs. Humans urgently need to take a variety of effective measures in order to control antibiotic resistance at the same time and rationally control the use of various antibiotics to minimize the occurrence and spread of antibiotic resistance, thereby prolonging the effective time of antibiotics, which remains a long-term challenge for human beings.

This Special Issue will focus on the most recent advances in the field of antibiotic resistance, including present knowledge and future challenges. The Issue will cover a variety of topics, such as the epidemiology and clinical implications of antibiotic resistance, the mechanisms underlying resistance development and antimicrobial therapy approaches.

Dr. Teresa Nogueira
Guest Editor

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