Diagnosis, Immunopathogenesis and Control of Bacterial Infections
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Bacterial Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2025 | Viewed by 3632
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Interests: innate immune responses to microbial infections; inflammation and immunomodulation; development of biomarkers of disease
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Dear Colleagues,
Bacterial infections remain a significant challenge in both human and veterinary medicine. In a study published in 2019, it was reported that 33 bacterial pathogens were globally responsible for 7.7 million deaths out of a total of 13.7 million deaths due to infection. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and a dearth in the development of new antibiotics have posed a significant morbidity and mortality risk throughout the world, with an estimated 4.95 million deaths associated with AMR in 2019.
In veterinary medicine, bacterial infections in farmed animals not only seriously impact animal welfare but also cause economic loss and are a major source of zoonoses, as bacterial infections from production animals enter the human food chain. AMR being carried into the human food chain via production animals is also a major cause of AMR in human populations, and although the use of antibiotics as growth promoters is now outlawed in many major countries who consume and export meat, the prophylactic use of antibiotics is still employed in many of these countries.
A greater emphasis on the control of bacterial infections in production animals, using non-chemotherapeutic means, is, therefore, urgently required. Combined with this is a need for enhanced on-farm surveillance, early diagnosis, and a greater understanding of the immunopathogenesis of bacterial infections in farmed species. This Special Issue aims to focus on these aspects of bacterial infections, using economically important bacterial species which have global zoonotic significance as examples.
Prof. Dr. Neil Foster
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bacterial infection
- bacterial diseases
- food chain
- antimicrobial resistance
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