Clinical Microbiology and Related Diseases
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2025) | Viewed by 2837
Special Issue Editor
Interests: beta-lactamases; carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae; klebsiella pneumoniae; beta lactamase; enterobacteriaceae; extended spectrum beta lactamase; streptococcus agalactiae; group a streptococcal infection; newborn
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The testing of human specimens in clinical microbiology laboratories is the cornerstone of not only infectious disease diagnoses but outbreak detection and surveillance. Global conditions are increasing the emergence of new diseases and accelerating evolving changes in many pathogens; most notable is the continued emergence of new types of antibiotic resistance. Diagnostic and public health laboratories worldwide continue to mount major efforts to keep abreast of the rapidly changing clinical requirements and increased demands for testing. At the same time, these facilities have been undergoing transformation from traditional culture-based whole cell methods to advanced technologies, including proteomics and genomics analyses. This transition has been challenging due to the simultaneous implementation of automation, information systems and artificial intelligence within workflows already struggling to meet increasing patient care demands with less experienced staff. Advanced technologies are also driving extensive taxonomic change within human pathogenic microbes, leading to the renaming of existing pathogens, the transfer of important genus and species to new ones and the discovery of new pathogens. Although the transformation in clinical testing is allowing more timely, accurate microbial diagnoses to be made, translational research is required to establish the clinical outcomes of these advances, including, but not limited to, the clinical and epidemiological picture of new and emerging pathogens and pathogen traits.
The aim of this Special Issue of Microorganisms is to present a picture of the major technological challenges facing clinical microbiology laboratories. Manuscripts covering major emerging pathogens, the use of MALDI-TOF MS for pathogen identification, pathogen identification using molecular methods, metagenomics, pathogen taxonomy and the impacts of automation, information technology and artificial intelligence to improve diagnostic and surveillance capabilities will be of interest.
Prof. Dr. Deirdre Church
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- clinical microbiology
- infectious diseases
- emerging pathogens
- outbreak surveillance
- MALDI-TOF MS
- pathogen detection
- pathogen identification
- metagenomics
- pathogen taxonomy
- diagnosis
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