Antimicrobial Resistance in Bloodstream Infections: Epidemiology and Application of Rapid Diagnostics
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Bacterial Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 2917
Special Issue Editors
Interests: clinical microbiology; rapid diagnostics; blood culture; antimicrobial resistance
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Dear Colleagues,
Bloodstream infections are serious medical conditions associated with high morbidity and mortality. Among the patients suffering from bloodstream infections, the effectiveness of empiric antibiotic therapy is complicated by the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. Therefore, rapid microbiological diagnosis is of paramount importance, given the negative impact of delayed or inappropriate antimicrobial treatment. For this Special Issue, we invite authors to contribute original research and review papers describing the epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in bloodstream infections and the application of rapid methods for blood culture diagnostics.
Dr. Gabriele Bianco
Dr. Sara Comini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- blood cultures
- bloodstream infections
- antimicrobial resistance
- rapid diagnostic testing
- genotypic testing
- phenotypic testing
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