Advances in Neonatal Pathogen Infection

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, infections in the neonatal population became an emergent topic, based on the increase in multi-resistant pathogens, particularly in hospitalized and premature babies. This is probably due to the misuse of antibiotics, and special attention must be paid to their careful use and antimicrobial stewardship.

Furthermore, viral infections remain a concern in these patients. In fact, the emergence of new viruses (the best known in recent decades are Zika virus and coronaviruses) and the availability of new prophylactic drugs (such as nirsevimab for respiratory syncytial virus) or steps forward in developing new vaccines (such as the CMV vaccine) have led and will lead to changes in neonatal epidemiology. Finally, recently, much attention has been paid to fungal infections in specific neonatal groups, such as patients who undergo surgery.

This special issue will present new epidemiological data on bacterial, viral and fungal infections in neonates, as well as studies on their prevention and treatment and intriguing clinical cases of infections not previously described.

Dr. Vito Mondı̀
Dr. Serena Salomè
Guest Editors

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