Molecular Insights in Antimicrobial Resistance
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 1729
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; antibiotics combination; bacterial pathogens; carbapenem-resistant enterobacterales; Clostridium difficile infection; bacteriophages; microbiota; dysbiosis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Multidrug resistance in bacterial pathogens poses a serious threat to human health and greatly affects population welfare, particularly in intensive care units (ICUs). It is therefore crucial to investigate and further elucidate the mechanisms underlying bacterial resistance. Multiple resistance genes can propagate through both vertical and horizontal transmission, limiting treatment options and driving the search for innovative solutions.
This Special Issue aims to examine resistance-associated genetic elements, such as blaKPC, blaVIM, and blaNDM, while highlighting recent advancements in methodologies such as CRISPR/Cas9 or NAAT-based approaches or Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) for detection of carbapenemase genes in Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae that offer alternative strategies to combat drug resistance.
Prof. Dr. Maria Teresa Mascellino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- drug resistance
- microorganisms
- molecular mechanisms
- mobile genetic elements
- CRISPR/Cas9
- nucleic acid hybriditation
- probes
- LAMP
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