Novel Antimicrobials and the Antimicrobial Activity: New Advances
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2025) | Viewed by 1785
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; resistance mechanisms; molecular microbiology; antimicrobial activity; carbapenem resistance
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Interests: antibiotic; resistance; microbiology
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Interests: therapeutic drug monitoring; pharmacokinetics; drug–drug interaction; antimicrobial therapy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antibiotic therapy is a key weapon in the eradication of infections throughout communities and hospital settings. The increasingly alarming worldwide phenomenon of antibiotic resistance complicates the drafting of antibiotic therapy plans. Gram-negative carbapenem-resistant (GN-CRE) bacteria, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) cause the most deaths from infections worldwide. Phenotypic and genotypic knowledge of these multidrug-resistant microorganisms as well as their mechanisms of resistance are crucial. At the same time, the multidisciplinary development of new antibiotic molecules that can counteract antibiotic resistance is crucial in order to develop new treatment modalities for precision medicine that can overcome antibiotic resistance mechanisms. This Special Issue aims to provide up-to-date basic and clinical research, reviews and communications on new antibiotic molecules from microbiological, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic and clinical points of view in order to strategically implement and stratify treatment plans for MDR infections.
Dr. Davide Carcione
Dr. Luigi Principe
Dr. Cattaneo Dario
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- multi-drug resistance
- infection
- mechanism of action
- resistance mechanisms
- therapeutic medicine
- diagnostic tools
- antimicrobial stewardship
- pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics
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