Nontraditional Antibiotics—Challenges and Triumphs
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019) | Viewed by 71152
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antibiotics; antimicrobial resistance; polymyxins; peptide chemistry; peptide mimicry; drug discovery; organic synthesis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue of Antibiotics, we invite submissions describing the latest developments in the design and preclinical evaluation of nontraditional antibiotics. Contemporary antibiotic discovery has hit a fork in the road—in one direction, we face major scientific obstacles preventing reinvigoration of the antibiotic pipeline using traditional approaches. Encouragingly, a paradigm shift is in motion to suggest that the alternative direction, involving nontraditional approaches, may assist in filling the void as we wait for new breakthroughs.
For example, phage lysins, antibodies and probiotics, amongst others, have been found to be of merit on the basis of technical feasibility, and the potential for high clinical impact. An estimated 30 nontraditional products are currently in clinical development. Indeed, the recent FDA approval of the first US clinical trial for bacteriophage-based therapy and the recent positive Phase II results of the lysin Exebacase provide much-needed optimism for the development of nontraditional therapies. The flipside is that the development of such products may face a host of new challenges associated with clinical trial design and regulation.
Therefore, this Special Issue aims to deliver an invaluable compendium of the latest approaches and challenges associated with the development of nontraditional antibiotics. Topics may include but are not limited to:
- Antibodies;
- Bacteriophages;
- Lysins;
- Probiotics;
- Antibody/antibiotic conjugates;
- Narrow spectrum agents;
- Antibiotic inactivators;
- Vaccines;
- Antimicrobial peptides;
- Biofilm inhibitors;
- Virulence modulators.
Dr. Karl Hansford
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Nontraditional antibiotics
- bacteriophages
- lysins
- probiotics
- narrow spectrum agents
- antibiotic inactivators
- vaccines
- antibodies
- antimicrobial peptides
- biofilm inhibitors
- virulence modulators
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