The Models for Antimicrobial Compounds Testing
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 7985
Special Issue Editors
Interests: galleria mellonella model of infection; diabetic foot ulcers; staphylococcus aureus epidemiology; pseudomonas aeruginosa epidemiology; new antimicrobials; drug screening; antimicrobial resistance
2. Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences (AL4AnimalS), 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal
3. Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) & Global Change and Sustainability Institute (CHANGE), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: one health; clinical bacteriology; biofilms; antimicrobial resistance; wildlife bacteriology; mycology; bacterial virulence; genomics; infections pathogenesis; food safety
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
More than 35000 people die from antimicrobial-resistant infections in the EU/EEA each year. The multidrug resistance hurdle combined with the fact that only two new classes of antibiotics were developed in the last 40 years, points out for the urgency to find alternatives to antibiotics. Novel compounds are generally screened in vitro to assess their effectiveness and potential toxicity, and then successful candidates proceed to pre-clinical trials using animal models, including insects like Galleria mellonella, and Drosophila melanogaster, nematodes like Caenorhabditis elegans, and mammals, before clinical trials in humans. To tackle the worldwide problem of antibiotic resistance, the establishment of infection models to study microbial infections and assess the efficacy of novel and conventional antimicrobials is crucial. This Special Edition focuses on “The Models for Antimicrobial Compounds Testing” and may include original research, review articles, and short communications. We are interested in qualitative and quantitative research on the use of different animal models for drug screening of new and conventional antimicrobials, and their use in resistance-related microbial infection research. Research on alternative in vitro models for drug screening is also welcome.
Dr. Isa D. Serrano
Dr. Manuela Oliveira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- alternative in vitro models
- animal models
- antimicrobial resistance
- bacteria
- caenorhabditis elegans
- drosophila melanogaster
- drug screening
- fungi
- galleria mellonella
- microbial infection
- new antimicrobials
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