Special Issues

Antibiotics publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Antimicrobial Therapy in Oral Diseases submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3110 | Submission Open
Keywords: oral; antibiotic; antiseptic; tooth; periodontium; dental caries; implant; healing; cell; biomaterials; periodontitis; biocompatibility; toxicity; periodontology; periodontal pocket; bacteria; nonsurgical treatment; oral surgery; clinical trial
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)
Honey: A Sweet Solution to the Growing Problem of Antimicrobial Resistance, 2nd Volume submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2474 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Antimicrobial Agents)
Effect of Antimicrobials on Fungal Biofilms submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1721 | Submission Open
Keywords: fungi; biofilms; antifungal resistance; alternative therapies; nosocomial infections; treatments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiofilm Strategies)
Methods for Prevent Biofilm Formation and Treat the Infections Caused by Biofilm Formed on Biotics or Abiotic Surfaces submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1342 | Submission Open
Keywords: biofilms; infection; prevention; treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiofilm Strategies)
Colonization and Infection of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1286 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; colonization; infection; microbiology
Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Management of Healthcare-Associated Infections
edited by and Yi Guo
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 536 | Submission Open
Keywords: healthcare-associated infections; HAIs; antimicrobial stewardship; antimicrobial resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)
Antimicrobial Potential of Plant Extract and Its Compounds: From New Ecological Niches submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant extracts; antimicrobial; antioxidant potential; ecological niches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Derived Antibiotics)
Clinical Impact of Bacterial Resistance: Detection, Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Solutions submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; antimicrobial stewardship; infection prevention and control; molecular epidemiology; rapid detection of antimicrobial resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)
Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Antimicrobial Treatment of Hospital-Acquired Infections submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open
Keywords: hospital-acquired infection; bacteremia; bloodstream infection; pneumonia; ventilator-associated pneumonia; urinary tract infection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)
Intrinsic and Acquired Antimicrobial Resistance in Salmonella
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open
New Insights on Antibiotic Therapy in Chronic Lung Diseases submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open
Keywords: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; asthma; bronchiectasis; respiratory infections; antibiotics; etiologies of infections; culture-based approaches; mass spectrometry; rapid antigen detection tests; antimicrobial resistance; vaccines; antibodies; lysines; virulence-targeting agents; synthetic peptides
Infections and Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open
Keywords: antibiotics; infections; sepsis; septic shock; ICU
Successful Antimicrobial Stewardship Approaches to Address Nosocomial Infections submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open
Keywords: bacterial; resistance; antimicrobial; stewardship
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)
Molecular Mechanism of Antibiotic Resistance in Microbial Biofilms
edited by Patricia Pérez-Palacios
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open
Keywords: biofilms; antibiotic resistance; resistance mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiofilm Strategies)
Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Bridging the Gap: Translational and Clinical Approaches on Antibiotic Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open
Keywords: pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics; PK/PD; antibiotic; antimicrobials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Drugs)
Antimicrobial Stewardship for Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Surgical Site Infections submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6324 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial stewardship; surgical site infections; multidrug-resistant agents; multidisciplinary team
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)
The Emergence of Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection and Recent Advances in Treatment Options
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submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4342 | Submission Open
Keywords: S. aureus; Methicillin Resistant S. aureus (MRSA); Vancomycin Resistant S. aureus (VRSA); antimicrobial resistance (AMR); multiple drug resistance (MDR); skin and soft tissue infection; antibiotics; anti-Staphylococcal vaccine; and therapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)
Design and Discovery of New Antibacterial Agents: Past, Evolution, and Perspectives
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submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1289 | Submission Open
Keywords: antibacterial resistance; antibiotics; antibiofilm; antibacterial therapies; combinational therapies; nanomaterials; drug discovery; antibacterial strategies; natural antibacterials; synthetic antibacterials; wound healing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Antimicrobial Agents)
Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention: Importance for Clinical Practice and Health Policy
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial stewardship; antibiotic use; implementation science; interventions; clinical guidelines; health policy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)
Microbiome-Based Therapies: Alternatives to, Complementing or Enhancing Antibiotic Treatments submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6391 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; microbiome-associated inflammatory diseases; microbiota resilience; recovery from dysbiosis; colonization resistance; microbiome therapy; probiotics and postbiotics; antibiotics alternatives; diet and prebiotics; mathematical models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosynthesis and Combinatorial Approaches in Antimicrobial Discovery)
Antibiotic Resistance, Virulence Profile and Genomic Analysis among Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Humans and Animals submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4754 | Submission Open
Keywords: one health; multidrug-resistant bacteria; virulence; animal– human transmission dynamics; microbial evolution; genomics; epidemiology; zoonotic outbreak
A One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4197 | Submission Open
Keywords: one health; antibiotic; antimicrobial resistance; animal; food; environment
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs): Prevention, Control and Surveillance
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submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1791 | Submission Open
Keywords: healthcare-associated infections (HAIs); infection prevention and control; antimicrobial resistance; HAIs management and control; carbapenem resistant (CR) Enterobacterales; carbapenem resistant (CR) Acinetobacter baumannii
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)
Challenges for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Antimicrobials
edited by , and Fabrizio Taglietti
submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1705 | Submission Open
Keywords: TDM; antimicrobial resistance; pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics implications; bacterial infections; fungal infections; viral infections
Pathogenic Escherichia coli: Virulence Mechanism and Antimicrobial Resistance
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submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open
Keywords: Escherichia coli; infectious diseases; antibiotic resistance; virulence; epidemiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetic and Biochemical Studies of Antibiotic Activity and Resistance)
Orthopedic Infections: Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Treatment
edited by Éric Bonnet
submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open
Keywords: chronic osteomyelitis; prosthetic joint infections; epidemiology; microbiology; antimicrobial treatment; treatment duration; local antibiotics
Antimicrobial Activity of Bioactive Peptides and Their Derivatives
edited by Alexandro Rodríguez-Rojas
submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial resistance (AMR); global health threat; novel antimicrobial agents; bioactive peptides (AMPs); natural antimicrobial agents; broad-spectrum activity; antimicrobial activity; mechanisms of action; structure– activity relationships; AMP-based therapeutics; clinical applications of AMPs; combinatory therapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Peptides)
Plants, Lichens, Fungi, and Algae Extracts and Derivatives with Antimicrobial Properties for Nutrition and Health submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1007 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity; plants/lichens/fungi/algae extracts and derived products with antibacterial; antifungal; antiviral; antiprotozoal and antihelmintic properties; antimicrobial metabolites: quantification and characterization; pharmaceutical formulation; in vivo and in vitro testing; essential oils with antimicrobial properties for the pharmaceutical and food industry; functional foods; plant-based diet; case studies; prevention and treatment of infectious diseases with plant-derived products
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Derived Antibiotics)
Biofilm Formation and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
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submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open
Keywords: biofilm formation in S. aureus; antimicrobial resistance; Staphylococcus aureus; biofilm formation; antibiofilm
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiofilm Strategies)
Present and Future of Antibiotic Treatment for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae; antibiotic treatment; antimicrobial resistance; infection prevention; novel therapeutic targets and approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)
Antimicrobial and Anti-inflammatory Activity of Bioactive Compounds Extracted from Plants submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 25135 | Submission Open
Keywords: plants; phytochemicals; bioactive compounds; biological properties; natural products
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant-Derived Antibiotics)
Antimicrobial Treatment of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 20323 | Submission Open
Keywords: lower respiratory tract infection; community-acquired pneumonia; nosocomial pneumonia; ventilator-associated pneumonia; antibiotics; antimicrobial resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases)
Epidemiology, Virulence Factors and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15375 | Submission Open
Keywords: MRSA; HA-MRSA; CA-MRSA; VISA; Staphylococcus aureus; antimicrobial resistance; epidemiology; surveillance; virulence factors; genomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanism and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance)
Uropathogens—Antibiotic Resistance and Alternative Therapies, 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10247 | Submission Open
Keywords: urinary tract infections (UTIs); uropathogenes; antibiotic resistance of uropathogenes; treatment of UTIs; prevention of UTIs; alternatives to antibiotics methods of treatment and prophylactic of UTIs
Antibiotics Use in COVID-19 and Respiratory Tract Infections
edited by and Swatantra Kumar
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9794 | Submission Open
Keywords: COVID-19; antibiotics use; respiratory tract infections
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)
Antibiotics and Environment − Research and Development toward the One Health Approach
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7579 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial resistance (AMR); antimicrobials; water purification plant (WTP); wastewater treatment plant (WWTP); hospital wastewater; livestock environment; aquaculture farm environment; aquatic environment
Antibiotic Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approach
edited by Christian Hulen and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7445 | Submission Open
The Hidden Pandemic: Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanisms and Evolution in ESKAPE Pathogens submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7118 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanism and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance)
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of Antibiotics in Clinical Care Settings
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7046 | Submission Open
Keywords: TDM; MIPD; PBPK; antibiotics; PK/PD; dose optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Drugs)
Antimicrobial Use and Stewardship during the COVID-19 Era, 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6840 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial stewardship; antimicrobial consumption; COVID-19 pandemic
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)
Staphylococcus— Molecular Pathogenesis, Virulence Regulation and Antibiotics Resistance
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6832 | Submission Open
Keywords: staphylococci; MRS; antimicrobial resistance; virulence factors; skin mikrobiota
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanism and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance)
Bacteriophages and Other Alternative Antimicrobials to Combat Multidrug Resistance submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6589 | Submission Open
Keywords: multidrug resistance; alternative antibacterials; bacteriophage therapy; phage-antibiotic synergy; phage lysins; small molecule drugs; monoclonal antibodies; antivirulence drugs; pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics; resistance to novel drugs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacteriophages)
Antibiotic Resistance and Antimicrobial Use in Companion Animals II submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6263 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; companion animals; high-risk clonal lineages; resistance determinants; anaerobic bacteria; One Health; ESBL; carbapenemase; mecA; VRE
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antibiotics in Animal Health)
Computational Approaches in Discovery and Design of Antimicrobial Peptides - 2nd Volume submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5748 | Submission Open
Keywords: rational search and design of AMPs; alignment-based and alignment-free approaches; machine-learning; artificial intelligence; biodiscovery with associated computational analyses/tools; non-conventional in silico approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Antimicrobial Peptides)
New Paradigms Concerning the Production of Antibiotics: Between Ecological Responsibility and Revalorization of Narrow Spectrums
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5648 | Submission Open
Keywords: one health; environmental pollution; human health; antimicrobial production; livestock; antimicrobial resistance; antimicrobial stewardship
Antimicrobial Drug Discovery: New Theories and New Therapies
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4628 | Submission Open
Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance; Novel antibiotic drugs; Mechanism of drug action; Anti-Biofilms or biofilm formation inhibitors; Virulence factors; Host-microbial interaction; Synergy between new antimicrobial products and conventional antibiotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Novel Antimicrobial Agents)
The Effects of Heavy Metals and Other Environmental Contaminants on Antimicrobial Resistance submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4408 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metal resistance; antimicrobial resistance; antibiotic resistance; trace elements of environmental concern; emerging organic contaminants; microplastics; antibiotic resistance genes  ; cross-resistance/co-resistance  ; cross-resistance/co-resistance mechanisms  ; selection for resistance  ; environments selecting multi-resistant microbes  ; in situ and in vitro resistance monitoring and modelling
Infectious Disease Testing and Pathogenic Bacterial Virulence Identification
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4019 | Submission Open
Keywords: whole genome sequencing; MALDI-TOF MS; NALDI-TOF MS; lipidomics; proteomics; genomics; antibiotic resistance detection; virulence biomarkers indication
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetic and Biochemical Studies of Antibiotic Activity and Resistance)
Microbial Resistance to Carbapenems: Epidemiology, Detection and Treatment Options submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3715 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbapenems; carbapenemases; Gram-negatives; multidrug resistance (MDR); carpabenem-resistant organisms (CROs); antimicrobial resistance; carbapenem resistance detection; epidemiology; antibiotics; carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (CRGNB)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanism and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance)
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