Infections in the Critically Ill: Multi-Drug Resistance and Emerging Frontiers in ICU Infectious Diseases
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 182
Special Issue Editors
Interests: internal medicine; infectious diseases; sepsis; HIV; COVID-19; antimicrobial resistance; infections in obstetrics and gynaecology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Infections in critically ill patients remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU), increasingly shaped by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), complex host physiology, and frequent exposure to broad-spectrum antimicrobials. Improving outcomes requires an integrated approach that combines rapid and accurate diagnosis, continuous resistance monitoring and ICU-acquired infection surveillance, robust infection prevention and control, and stewardship-driven antimicrobial management, including PK/PD optimization, timely source control, and structured reassessment for de-escalation.
This Special Issue, entitled “Infections in the Critically Ill: Multi-Drug Resistance and Emerging Frontiers in ICU Infectious Diseases”, will present recent research addressing contemporary challenges in ICU infectious diseases.
Topics of interest:
- ICU infection diagnosis: specimen collection and sampling strategies, rapid diagnostics, and diagnostic stewardship;
- MDRO epidemiology in the ICU: resistance trends, surveillance approaches, and early outbreak detection;
- Biomarkers and clinical decision tools for diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment monitoring;
- Infection prevention and control: device-associated infections, bundles, isolation/cohorting strategies, and environmental measures;
- Emerging infections in the ICU: viral infections and other evolving threats in critical care;
- Antimicrobial stewardship in critical care: practical frameworks, audit/feedback, guideline implementation, and outcomes;
- Artificial intelligence and digital tools in ICU infection care: decision support, prediction/early warning, and workflow integration.
Dr. Karolina Akinosoglou
Guest Editor
Dr. Eleni Polyzou
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs)
- rapid diagnostics
- ICU surveillance
- infection prevention and control
- antimicrobial stewardship
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