Microbial Interactions during Infection

Dear Colleagues,

As Guest Editor of a Special Issue of Pathogens focused on microbial interactions during infection, I invite you, as an expert in this field, to submit a manuscript for publication.

In this issue, we seek to highlight both research articles as well as review articles elucidating the importance of polymicrobial interactions in shaping disease progression and therapeutic efficacy. The types of interactions of interest range from the synergistic actions of multiple pathogens leading to increased disease severity and/or antimicrobial recalcitrance to antagonistic actions of commensals protecting the host from invading pathogens. In general, the purpose of this issue is to highlight the diverse types of polymicrobial interactions that can occur during infection, the impact of these interactions on microbe or host physiology, and how these interactions should be taken into consideration when studying infectious diseases. Until recently, the bulk of literature in the area of disease progression and therapeutic discovery was focused on single species infection models despite the evidence that a large number of human infections contain a diverse mixture of microorganisms, including viruses, bacteria, and fungi. In the past few years, there have been tremendous contributions to the study of polymicrobial infections that have highlighted the importance of this clinically-relevant phenomenon. Therefore, we believe that this type of modern focus in the area of infectious disease warrants a Special Issue of Pathogens.

Dr. Catherine Wakeman
Dr. Luis R. Martinez
Guest Editors

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