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Special Issues

Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:

• Spread of Multidrug-Resistant Microorganisms, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
• A One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
• Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and/or TDM of Antimicrobial Agents (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
• Foodborne Pathogens: The Rise of Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
• Antibiotics as Major Disruptors of Gut Microbiota (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
• Carbapenem Resistant Gram-Negative Pathogens—a Comprehensive Approach to Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, Enterobacteriaceae, and Stenotrophomonas: A Global Healthcare Threat, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
• Application of Next Generation Sequencing for Studying the Resistance of Environmental Pathogens (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
• Emerging Challenges in Food Safety: Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance, Virulence Factors, and Biofilm Formation in Food-Borne Pathogens (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
• The Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence Genes of Pathogens in Aquatic and Soil Environment (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
• Helicobacter pylori Virulence Factors, Antibiotic Susceptibility and Persistent Infection (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
• The Worldwide Problem of Antifungal Resistance: From Basic to Clinic (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
• Staphylococcal Biology and Pathogenesis (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
• Antibiotics and Environment − Research and Development toward the One Health Approach (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
• Antimicrobial Resistance in the Community Setting: The Other Side of the Coin (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
• Antibiotic Treatment on Surgical Infections (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
• Orthopedic Infections: Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Treatment (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
• Alternative Approaches to Treating Antimicrobial Resistant Infections, 3rd Edition (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
• Advances in Antimicrobial Strategies to Control Listeria in Food and Clinical Settings (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
• Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
• Multidurg Resistant Enterobacterales: Mechanisms, Epidemiology and Diagnostics (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
• Global Perspectives on Antimicrobial Stewardship: Lessons from Multidisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Approaches (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
• New Inhibitors for Overcoming Antimicrobial Resistance (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
• Antimicrobials Use: Clinical Safety to Environmental Risk—Learning from One Health Approach (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
• Challenges and Strategies for the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
• From Detection to Treatment: Navigating Urinary Tract Infections with Antibiotics (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
• Antibiotic Resistance in the Era of Climate Change (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
• Antibiotic-Associated Dysbiosis and Management (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
• Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Antibiotics in the Hospital Environment (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
• Antibiotic Residues, Antimicrobial Resistance and Intervention Strategies of Foodborne Pathogens, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
• Emerging Contaminants: Antibiotic Residues and Their Environmental Impact (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
• Bone and Joint Infections: The Challenges of Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment and Opportunities for Future Research (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
• The Application of Antibiotic Therapy in Oral Surgery and Dental Implant Procedures, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
• Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Resistance in Aquaculture: Alternative and Complementary Treatment Methods (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
• Antimicrobial Resistance in Clinical Infection and Antibiotic Stewardship (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
• Pathogenesis, Epidemiology and Antibiotic Resistance of Salmonella (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
• Antimicrobial Resistance and Zoonoses, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
• Environmental Fate and Effects of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
• Etiology, Clinical Presentation, Antibiotic and Surgical Treatment of Infective Endocarditis (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
• Antibiotics in the Environment: Sources, Fate, and Mitigation Strategies (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
• Novel Antimicrobial Strategies to Combat Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) Gram-Negative Bacteria, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
• Prevalence, Treatment and Antibacterial Resistance of Urinary Tract Infections (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
• Biotechnological Production of Novel Antimicrobials (Deadline: 1 November 2025)
• Pathogenic Microorganisms and Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Disease (Deadline: 15 November 2025)
• Antimicrobial Biomaterials for Dentistry (Deadline: 18 November 2025)
• The Use of Systemic and Topical Antibiotics in Dentistry: Challenges and Future Perspectives (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
• Antimicrobial and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Bioactive Compounds Extracted from Plants, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
• Environmental Fate of Antibiotics: Monitoring, Toxicity, Resistance, and Removal Methods (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
• Drug Discovery in the Fight Against Bacterial Infections (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
• Comprehensively Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance, Improving Food Safety and Achieving the One Health Goals: Global Challenges (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
• Animal-Origin Bacteria: Diversity, Pathogenicity and Antimicrobial Resistance (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
• Novel Approaches to Prevent and Combat Antimicrobial Resistance (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
• Neonatal Infection: Antibiotics for Prevention and Treatment (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
• The Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
• Plant-Based Strategies for the Removal and Degradation of Antibiotics from the Environment (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
• Environmental Risk and Antibiotic Resistance in Hospital-Acquired Infections (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
• Impact of Antibiotic Residues in Wastewater (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
• Epidemiology and Mechanism of Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
• Genomic Insights into Dissemination of Multi-Drug Resistance Pathogens (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
• Antibacterial Treatment in Periodontal and Endodontic Therapy, 3rd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
• Epidemiology, Impact and Mitigation of Antimicrobial Resistance in Veterinary Medicine, 3rd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
• Gram-Negative Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens and Their Treatment, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
• Antimicrobial Resistance from a One Health Perspective (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
• Antimicrobial Resistance in the Wildlife (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
• The Issue of Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens in Nosocomial Infections, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
• Foodborne Pathogens: Detection, Resistance Mechanisms, and Control Strategies (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
• Combatting Dental Infections: Insights into Oral Microbiota and Antibiotic Therapy (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
• Bacterial Detection, Identification, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
• Strategies for Combating Antibiotic Resistance: From Mechanisms to Drug Discovery (Deadline: 15 January 2026)
• The Discovery of Novel β-Lactams and β-Lactamase Inhibitors (Deadline: 15 January 2026)
• A Themed Issue in Honor of Professor Aditya Gupta—Outstanding Contributions to Antifungal Therapy, Dermatology and Mycology (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
• Superbugs Unleashed: Global Challenges and Solutions for Extensively Drug-Resistant and Pan-Drug-Resistant Pathogens (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
• Advances in the Diagnosis and Antibiotic Treatments of Diabetic Foot Infections (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
• A Themed Issue in Honor of Prof. Jae-hyuk Yu—Antimicrobial Resistance in the Foodborne Pathogens (Deadline: 1 February 2026)
• A Themed Issue in Honor of Professor Stefan Schwarz—Antimicrobial Resistance of Bacteria of Animal Origin: Diagnostics, Monitoring, Mechanisms and Epidemiology (Deadline: 1 March 2026)
• Antimicrobial Peptides in Agriculture and Food Safety (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
• New Drugs, Innovative Antimicrobial Approaches, and Optimized Dosages: Bridging Research and Clinical Practice (Deadline: 30 June 2026)