Special Issue "Lipid Biomarkers of Infectious Diseases"

Dear Colleagues,

Molecular diagnostics are essential tools of precision medicine which provide early, rapid, and accurate detection of infectious agents. Early detection is critical for the treatment of rapidly progressing infections such as sepsis and for containing potential epidemics. Molecular diagnostics also are useful in monitoring clinical treatments for patient stratification and identifying new therapeutic targets. This Special Issue will provide detailed information regarding lipidomics analyses of bacteria and fungi, which have demonstrated that they possess a number of unique lipids not present in humans or livestock, making them potential biomarkers for the presence and density (i.e., bacterial burden) of active bacterial populations. The roles of bacterial and fungal infections in disease pathology are complex and remain under intensive investigations as a result of their negative impacts on human longevity/quality of life and on agricultural productivity. Lipidomics is one technology platform that offers the specificity and sensitivity to monitor active bacterial and fungal infections and their sequalae. Infectious disease lipidomics represents a new facet in the development of novel molecular biomarkers and has the potential to be utilized both for individualized medicine and for the early detection and control of epidemics. Manuscripts addressing these diverse issues are encouraged for submission.

Prof. Dr. Paul Wood
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Metabolites is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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This special issue is now open for submission.