Antimicrobial Treatment of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2024) | Viewed by 36259
Special Issue Editors
Interests: inflammation; endothelial injury; ventilator associated pneumonia; critical care medicine; critical care infections; SARS-CoV-2
Interests: infections; emerging pathogens; inflammation; immunology; public health; respiratory infections; MDR organisms; viral pathogens
Interests: viral infections; immunopathogenesis of viral disease
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, entitled “Antimicrobial Treatment of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections”. Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are highly prevalent. However, severe LRTIs are associated with significant mortality and morbidity worldwide. Pneumonia remains among the main causes of morbidity and mortality in adults and represents the leading cause of death in children under the age of five. Pneumonia, and specifically severe community-acquired pneumonia and nosocomial pneumonia, as well as other severe LRTIs, are associated with huge socioeconomic and healthcare costs. Antimicrobials remain the mainstay of bacterial LRTI treatment, although their use in viral LRTIs may be associated with significant side effects. Prompt initiation of pathogen-specific antimicrobials is crucial for improving the prognosis and outcome of LRTIs and plays a pivotal role in reducing their global healthcare and socioeconomic burden.
This Special Issue aims to delineate the latest pre-clinical (experimental), animal and clinical research and clinic-epidemiological data on the role of old and newer antimicrobials in the progress, prognosis and the outcome of pneumonia. Ultimately, this issue aims to expand our understanding and generate in-depth knowledge on the management of community- and healthcare-associated bacterial LRTIs through gathering current evidence and addressing potential gaps in the literature.
Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: antimicrobial treatment in community-acquired pneumonia/lower respiratory tract infection; antimicrobial treatment in healthcare-associated pneumonia; epidemiology and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance of pneumonia pathogens; novel antibiotics for lower respiratory tract infections; use of antimicrobials for lower respiratory tract infections in specific populations, such as immunocompromised and critically ill patients, those with COVID-19 and other severe viral LRTIs and elderly, pediatric, cystic fibrosis, COPD and asthma patients.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Anastasia Kotanidou
Prof. Dr. Sotirios Tsiodras
Dr. Paraskevi C. Fragkou
Guest Editors
Dr. Charalampos D. Moschopoulos
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- lower respiratory tract infection
- community-acquired pneumonia
- nosocomial pneumonia
- ventilator-associated pneumonia
- antibiotics
- antimicrobial resistance
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