Pathogen Infections and Respiratory Diseases
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 68
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pneumonia; microbiome; gut-lung axis; dysbiosis; viral infection; asthma; chronic respiratory pulmonary disease
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Interests: infections and antibiotic use; efficacy and safety of antibiotics; antibiotic resistance; PK/PD study; animal infectious model; meta-analysis
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Interests: clinical infectious diseases; surgical site infection; influenza; microbiome
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As global public health challenges become increasingly severe, respiratory diseases and related pathogen infections have become the focus of our attention. Despite the advances in diagnostic methods and antibiotic therapy, respiratory disease is the world's leading cause of death due to infection. Pathogen infections and the respiratory diseases that they cause have become important challenges in global public health.
Lungs used to be considered sterile organs, yet there is plenty of evidence of existing microorganisms in lungs that can correlate with the pathogenesis and development of chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, etc. This Special Issue will provide a comprehensive discussion of pathogenic infections and their relationship with respiratory diseases. We will focus on different types of pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, etc., and explore their characteristics and pathogenic mechanisms. This Special Issue will bring together the latest research results and clinical experiences from around the world, covering topics such as, but not limited to, pathogens infection mechanisms and host responses, as well as the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of respiratory diseases. By gaining a deeper understanding of these pathogens, we can better understand their impacts on the respiratory system and provide a scientific basis for disease prevention and treatment.
Dr. Nobuhiro Asai
Dr. Hideo Kato
Prof. Dr. Hiroshige Mikamo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pathogen infection
- respiratory disease
- microbiome
- clinical infectious diseases
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