Emerging and Re-emerging Bacterial Infections

Dear Colleagues,

Bacterial infections account for millions of deaths per year worldwide, and they make up a considerable percentage of all infection-related deaths. Consequently, bacterial infections are a major public health concern. Many of the known bacterial pathogens have subsisted for ages, but over the past few years, advances in modern medicine have given rise to new treatments that have curtailed the frequency of occurrence and disease severity associated with many of these pathogens. However, due to various factors such as improved methods of bacterial identification, increased human exposure to bacteria, and the development of antibiotic resistance, new bacteria have emerged while some well-known bacteria have reemerged.

This Special Issue aims to explore emerging and reemerging bacterial pathogens with special emphasis on new findings on these bacteria and future management.

Dr. William S. Lawrence
Guest Editor

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• bacteria
• human infection
• emerging infections
• pathogenesis
• mutation
• virulence
• animal model of infection
• antibiotic-resistance
• immunity
• therapeutics