Antimicrobial Therapies Affect the Microbial Ecosystems Within Our Body: The Urinary Microbiome and Urolithiasis
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 November 2025 | Viewed by 41
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Microbiology, Parasitology and Virology, Faculty of Midwives and Nursing, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: virology; microbiology; respiratory infections; HIV
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue brings together works that reconsider how we think about infectious diseases at a time of escalating complexity regarding host–microbe–drug interactions. We welcome contributions that consider the aspects of medicine beyond simply the use of antibiotics, illustrating how antimicrobial therapies affect the microbial ecosystems within our body (whether temporary or more permanent), influence immune responses, or provoke chronic disease states. Drug treatments may influence infection management via resistance, microbiome disruption, or unexpected adverse events. Submissions may explore such topics as microbial ecology, precision medicine, and their pharmacological effects on health. We strongly encourage interdisciplinary submissions engage with elements of microbiology, pharmacology, clinical assessments, imaging, and/or leveraged computational models. We expect submissions on topics, for example, that concern a role for bacteria in non-traditional disease processes. Stone disease is an obvious example of a non-infectious process that is heavily influenced by bacteria. Ultimately, our goal is to showcase differing perspectives on tackling the treatment of infectious diseases by integrating therapeutic outcomes with an understanding of broader human biology and pathophysiology.
Dr. Loredana Sabina Cornelia Manolescu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antibiotics
- antimicrobials
- resistance
- microbiome
- urolithiasis
- biofilms
- infections
- pathogens
- pharmacotherapy
- inflammation
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