United in the Prevention of Bacterial Resistance during the Post-pandemic Era
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2024 | Viewed by 940
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antibiotic resistance and new therapies; sepsis; emergent diseases; tropical imported diseases
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is inducing an increasingly significant burden on public health, with this issue becoming even more pronounced in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. Infections with SARS-CoV-2, until recently an absolutely unknown element in the landscape of infectious pathology, created from the very beginning the premises of fear both in general population and among healthcare personnel, an aspect which led to a further attitude of overprotection. Subsequently, a systematic, early, and often non-judicious administration of antibiotics has been observed, even in the absence of any data attesting to a co-infection. An eventual later development of a true superinfection often necessitated therapy escalation or an extension of the administration period of the initial antibiotic regimen.
Last but not least, the dramatic increase in the misuse or overuse of reserve antibiotics is worrisome, with difficult-to-quantify consequences concerning the resistance patterns of certain germs or the mortality rates associated with these infections.
This Special Issue aims to provide an appropriate platform for the sharing of experiences gained during the COVID-19 pandemic period, so that the data provided can enhance the therapeutic management and optimize the antibiotic regimens in all services where infectious pathologies are a constant of daily clinical practice. Therefore, original research and reviews from interdisciplinary areas focusing on antibiotic therapy and antibiotic resistance related to COVID-19 will be of great interest.
Acknowledgments: Valeriu Gheorghiță and Lazar Dragos-Stefan will be participating in this Special Issue as "Special collaborators", and special thanks is owed for their contributions to this Special Issue.
Dr. Simin-Aysel Florescu
Dr. Simona Claudia Cambrea
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- antibiotic resistance
- post pandemic
- gram-negative infection
- new antibiotics
