Resistance, Treatment and Prevention of ESKAPE Pathogens
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanism and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 19
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, SC 29613, USA
3. Department of Pathology, Prisma Health, Greenville, SC 29605, USA
4. Family Medicine Residency at Lee Health, Florida State University College of Medicine, Fort Myers, FL 33901, USA
5. Internal Medicine Residency at Lee Health, Florida State University College of Medicine, Cape Coral, FL 33990, USA
6. School of Health Science Research, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
Interests: Acinetobacter; Klebsiella; drug discovery; antimicrobial stewardship; virulence factors; infectious diseases; bacteriology
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Interests: Acinetobacter; Stenotrophomonas; drug discovery; virulence factors; infectious diseases; bacterial iron-acquisition
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit your research pertaining to the resistance and/or treatment of ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter spp.) for publication consideration in this Special Issue of Antibiotics. Infections caused by ESKAPE pathogens are a substantial burden on public health with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, specifically classifying carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter as well as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae as urgent threats to public health with a combined 21,600 cases, 1800 deaths, and USD 411 million in associated healthcare costs reported annually in the United States alone. These data coupled with the sparsity of information elucidating the pathophysiology of ESKAPE pathogens such as Acinetobacter, the lack of novel antibiotics in the developmental pipeline and the continued occurrence of multidrug, extensive drug-, or even pandrug-resistant isolates from clinical settings constitute public health crises warranting immediate attention. This Special Issue therefore particularly encourages submissions that describe resistance mechanisms of ESKAPE pathogens that allow these pathogens to resist destruction by the immune system, persist in the clinical environment due to resistance to disinfectants and survive clinical treatment due to antibiotic resistance. The underlying resistance mechanisms utilized by ESKAPE pathogens to survive these stressors all play a role in their pathogenicity and are valuable in understanding and treating this critical pathogen.
Dr. Steven E. Fiester
Dr. William Penwell
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- antibiotic resistance
- prevention methods
- treatment strategies
- ESKAPE pathogens
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