Neonatal Infections: Challenges and Opportunities in Treatment and Prevention
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2020) | Viewed by 3086
Special Issue Editor
Interests: neonatal infections and immunity; systematic reviews; evidence based medicine; best evidence in medical education
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We intend to organize a Special Issue on “Neonatal Infections: Challenges and Opportunities in Treatment and Prevention” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The Special Issue will be published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. For detailed information on the journal, we refer you to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.
Approximately 2.5 million children die every year worldwide, and nearly 40% of the deaths occur in the neonatal period (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/newborns-reducing-mortality). Infections are among the most important causes of mortality in this age group. Prevention of infections in neonates is a priority, and understanding the etiopathogenesis of infections in this vulnerable period will pave the way towards improving outcomes.
Challenges in the treatment and prevention of neonatal infections include access to healthcare, availability of appropriate antibiotics, microbial antibiotic resistance (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) and multi-drug resistance in gram-negative organisms), and facilitating normal microbiome development. New antibiotics are needed, and non-antibiotic strategies for prevention of neonatal infections (e.g., lactoferrin, probiotics or other immunomodulatory agents) need to be explored.
We are inviting academics, researchers, and higher-degree students conducting research on infections and neonatal outcomes both in developing and developed countries to submit abstracts for consideration in a Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
We especially welcome multidisciplinary research in the area of neonatal infections in the following areas:
- Epidemiology of neonatal infections in developed and developing countries;
- Etiopathogenesis of specific neonatal infections and modes for prevention;
- Evaluation of innovative therapeutic and prophylactic interventions against neonatal infections;
- Neonatal microbiome perturbations which predispose to neonatal sepsis;
- Immunonutrients and nutritional interventions to prevent infections;
- Congenital and acquired immunodeficiency in the neonate that lead to neonatal infections;
- Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic stewardship;
- Catheter-associated bloodstream infections and bundles to prevent them.
This Special Issue is open to any subject area related to addressing prevention and treatment of neonatal infections. The listed keywords suggest just a few of the many possibilities.
Prof. Dr. Mohan Pammi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Neonate
- Sepsis
- Infection
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Microbiome
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