Metabolic Profiling of Cystic Fibrosis Pathogens
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Metabolomic Profiling Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2019) | Viewed by 10584
Special Issue Editors
Interests: targeted metabolomics; isotope labelling; microbial metabolomics; GC-MS; LC-MS; NMR
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Dear Colleagues,
Pulmonary infections are among the most important reasons for morbidity and mortality in people with cystic fibrosis. The pathogens responsible for this infection include ‘usual suspects’ like the long-known opportunistic pathogens Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Burkholderia cepacia, though non-tuberculous Mycobacteria and other bacteria have received increased attention in recent years. In addition, it is now clear that viruses like adenovirus or the respiratory syncytial virus play an important role in CF pathogenesis. Moreover, as metagenomics studies have shown, the CF lung contains a vastly higher number of microorganisms than previously thought.
This Special Issue of Metabolites will be dedicated to novel findings in the area of CF pathogen-related metabolism. The topics covered include but are not limited to pathogen metabolism, examining changes over time during clonal long-term infection, host metabolic changes in response to the pathogen, and bacterial–bacterial, bacterial–fungal or even bacterial–viral interaction and their metabolic impact and microbial communication. Manuscripts highlighting technical advances in the field of CF pathogens are also very welcome.
Dr. Jake Bundy
Dr. Volker Behrends
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Cystic fibrosis
- Opportunistic infections
- Metabolic profiling
- Antimicrobial resistance