Clinical Approach to Antibiotic Resistance: The Definitive Issue
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 36602
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A Special Issue on “Clinical Approach to Antibiotic Resistance: The Definitive Issue” is under preparation by Antibiotics and this is a call for pertinent paper submissions.
Antibiotic resistance is a critical subject encountered daily in clinical practice. A comprehensive understanding of this topic requires a multidisciplinary approach. Hence, this thematic issue will present a global overview of antibiotic resistance and the management of multi-drug resistant (MDR) infections.
The aim is that the clinician who reads this issue, regardless of their prior level of knowledge or experience in battling multi-drug resistant (MDR) infections, will acquire all the necessary tools and understanding to be able to treat patients with MDR and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) infections. Consequently, the scope is to cover all aspects of antibiotic resistance and provide a basic understanding of its mechanisms, as well as an approach to the patient with MDR/XDR infections.
This issue will contain 13 articles with the following subjects:
- Epidemiology and burden of MDR infections
- Mechanisms of resistance against b-lactams: penicillins, cephalosporins, carbapenems
- Mechanisms of resistance against non b-lactams: vancomycin, clindamycin, linezolid, daptomycin, quinolones, tetracyclines, aminoglycosides, polymyxins
- Mechanisms of resistance in important Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens
- Design of antibiotics to overcome specific mechanisms of resistance: past, present and future
- Antibiogram interpretation for efficient choice of antibiotics in difficult to treat Gram positive-and Gram-negative infections - Antibiotic choice based on the mechanism of resistance
- Treatment of infections due to MDR Gram-positive bacteria
- Treatment of infections due to MDR Gram-negative bacteria
- Novel antibiotics for hospital acquired MDR infections
- Old antibiotics for hospital acquired MDR infections
- Get the most with what you have: Optimizing PK/PD
- Augmentation of antibiotic effects through combinations
- When all else fails: approach to the pan-resistant antibiogram
This issue will be formatted as a“seminar”pertaining to the clinical approach to antibiotic resistance and will provide the readership a comprehensive guide to this complex and critical subject. It is intended for this issue to be used as a working tool for all clinicians facing MDR bacteria, such as internists, clinical microbiologists, clinical pharmacists, infectious disease fellows and specialists, and serve as an instrument to advance their understanding of antibiotic resistance and apply their knowledge to clinical practice.
Prof. Dr. George Panos
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Clinical approach
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Resistance Mechanisms
- Antibiogram Interpretation
- MDR bacteria
- Novel and old antibiotics for MDR infections
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