Antimicrobial Resistance and Intervention Strategies in Intestinal Pathogens: A One Health Approach
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 135
Special Issue Editor
Interests: gastroenterology; inflammatory bowel disease; gut microbiota; bacteria; immunomodulatory activity; cytokines; microbial adhesion
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global threat impacting human, animal, and environmental health. Intestinal pathogens such as Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Clostridioides, Campylobacter, MAP, S. aureus, Yersinia and fungi difficile are major contributors, capable of acquiring and transmitting resistance genes rapidly. These multidrug-resistant (MDR) organisms are central to the AMR crisis.
In 2019, AMR was associated with nearly 4.95 million deaths worldwide, with 1.27 million directly attributable to resistant infections, many of which involved enteric pathogens. The overuse and misuse of antibiotics in medicine, livestock, and agriculture, along with environmental contamination, continue to drive resistance.
This Special Issue, "Antimicrobial Resistance and Intervention Strategies in Intestinal Pathogens: A One Health Approach", will showcase interdisciplinary research that bridges human medicine, veterinary, and environmental sciences.
We welcome submissions in five key areas:
- Infection Prevention in Public Health and Farming Systems: Improving hygiene to reduce infection and AMR spread;
- Vaccination and Prophylactic Strategies: Applying immunization to lower antimicrobial dependence in humans and animals;
- Reducing Non-Human Antibiotic Exposure: Alternatives to antibiotics in livestock, aquaculture, and crop production;
- Optimizing Antibiotic Stewardship: Establishing evidence-based guidelines and behaviour-driven practices to ensure responsible antimicrobial use;
- Investments in Antimicrobial Development and Resistance-Breaking Therapies: bacteriophages; anti-adhesive molecules; fecal microbiota transplantation; and probiotics and prebiotics.
Dr. Gaetano Iaquinto
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- epidemiology
- antimicrobial resistance
- multi-drug resistance
- immunomodulatory activity
- cytokines
- gut microbiota
- new antibiotics research
- new vaccines
- faecal microbiota transplantation
- infection prevention
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