Drug Treatment for Bacterial Infections: 2nd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 December 2026 | Viewed by 1103
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Dear Colleagues,
Bacterial infections—alongside viral and fungal infections—pose a major threat, particularly to human health. Due to their ability to mutate, bacteria can rapidly generate new strains that are resistant to existing antibiotics, creating a significant challenge in treating infections. Effective pharmacological management of bacterial infections therefore requires a balanced approach. On the one hand, drug therapy must be administered responsibly to reduce the risk of antimicrobial resistance. On the other hand, there remains a pressing need to identify new substances that are both more more effective and less toxic than currently available antibiotics. Promising results have also been observed with combination therapies containing multiple active substances.
The possibility of using targeted therapies to treat sites of inflammation is especially compelling. Novel drug formulations that enable controlled release of the active compound directly at the site of infection could reduce drug dosage requirements while improving therapeutic efficacy.
This Special Issue welcomes new research and review articles on drug therapy for bacterial infections, from new uses of approved drugs to new active substances and combination therapies, and further to innovative drug formulations.
Prof. Dr. Janusz Madaj
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bacterial infection
- antibiotic-resistant bacteria
- new agents in the treatment of bacterial infections
- optimization of the use of already registered drugs
- single antibacterial agents
- combined antibacterial agents
- new drug forms
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