Antibiotics in Pathogen Control: From Infection to Antimicrobial Resistance
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antibacterials; antifungals; antitumor agents; antiviral; medicinal chemistry; toxicology; small molecules; antimyotonic agents
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pathogens, intended in the oldest and broadest sense, are any organism or agent that can produce disease. These agents can invade tissues, multiply, and produce toxic substances that cause disease. The term “pathogen” may also be referred to simply as a “germ”. This Special Issue explores studies on all aspects of pathogen infections. The paper can include: medicinal-chemistry studies regarding infections caused by pathogens; sepsis; infections caused by emerging and/or pathogens; multidisciplinary (One-Health) approach; identification and characterization of pathogens; pathogen invasion and host defenses; pathogen–host interactions; Vector-borne diseases; transmission of pathogens; pathogen genetics and genomics; pathogen lifecycle; host adaptation; pathogen Inactivation; innate and adaptive immune responses; molecular mechanisms of host-pathogen interaction; zoonotic diseases; vaccine and therapeutic development; immune defense mechanisms; veterinary infections; cell signaling; drug–drug interactions; antimicrobial resistance; resistance to antiparasitic treatments for both public and veterinary health; experimental and computational studies; activity of natural products, including studies on compounds derived from plants, algae, microorganisms, animals, and marine organisms, employing in vivo, in vitro, and in silico methods; natural product chemistry; natural products chemistry and interdisciplinary approaches; and resistant pathogens (MDR, XDR, DTR, CR, and PDR bacteria and MBL-producing bacteria).
This Special Issue of Antibiotics aims to address contributions to this complex field. We invite submissions of reviews, regular research papers, and communications related to this topic.
We look forward to receiving your contributions. All submissions will undergo a rigorous peer review process to ensure scientific quality and relevance.
Dr. Alessia Catalano
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- resistance
- pathogens
- antimicrobials
- ESKAPEE
- One-Health
- natural products
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