Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance: Convergence or Divergence
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbiology in Human Health and Disease".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 1955
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; carbapenemases; MRSA; bacterial genomics
Interests: emerging infectious diseases; infectious disease epidemiology; infectious disease control and prevention; microbiology; molecular biology; epidemiology; PCR; infectious diseases; antibiotic resistance; antimicrobials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobial resistance and virulence are among the most important properties of bacteria in practice, but traditionally they were considered by microbiologists as relatively independent phenomena. Even the results of research in these areas have been published in various journals. The situation changed dramatically after the appearance of genetic lines of Klebsiella possessing both the properties of multiple resistance and increased virulence. Today, this phenomenon is considered one of the global and serious threats to the health care system. The number of works on the problem is growing exponentially; a number of convergence mechanisms have already been described, but progress in the development of treatment methods is very small. Obviously, to solve this problem, a deeper understanding of evolution and the molecular mechanisms of convergence is required, which in turn requires fundamental research involving systems biology methods. Although the phenomenon of convergence has been found in Klebsiella, it is likely that its formation and distribution is not limited to this species. This Special Issue of the multidisciplinary journal Biomedicines provides a unique platform for researchers from various fields to join forces to curb convergence and virulence.
Dr. Sergey Sidorenko
Dr. Vladimir Ageevets
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antimicrobial resistance
- virulence
- convergence
- gram-negative bacteria
- Klebsiella
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