Second Edition: Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Infectious Disease Epidemiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 2339
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antibiotic resistance; antiviral resistance; molecular epidemiology
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Dear Colleagues,
The discovery of new pathogens, emerging infections, the acquisition of new resistance mechanisms via microorganisms and the introduction of more and more sophisticated laboratory techniques means that competence is imperative in regard to clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.
Clinical microbiology laboratories have a leading role in the success of antimicrobial stewardship programs because they provide information that enables an accurate diagnosis and aids in the therapy of patients.
Over the past decade, rapid diagnostic assays have been developed, such as matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), the peptide nucleic acid-fluorescence in situ hybridization (PNA-FISH) technique, multiplex nucleic acid assays and the quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). All of these methods can provide information regarding the type of pathogen involved in the infective process and the presence of resistance genes in a shorter timeframe compared with traditional assays.
Any submissions which cover the following topics are encouraged: molecular mechanisms of pathogenicity, microorganism genomics able to elucidate their virulence factors, antibiotic resistance, new diagnostic assays, nosocomial infections and all basic and applied research relevant in the field of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.
Dr. Maria Antonia De Francesco
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bacteria
- virus
- diagnostic assays
- innate immunity
- adaptive immunity
- vaccines
- antibiotic resistance
- WGS
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