From the Southern Hemisphere: Research on Resistance, Antibiotics and Treatments
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2019) | Viewed by 62645
Special Issue Editors
Interests: development of antimicrobial surfaces; new antimicrobials; bacterial resistance mechanisms; new treatments for infections
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Interests: contact lens and anterior ocular surface; tear film and lipid layer; ocular infection; antibiotic resistance; novel antimicrobial agents to counter bacterial resistance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the rise in antimicrobial resistance worldwide, many of us have been investigating new ways of overcoming this problem and treating disease. These new technologies may take the form of repurposing antimicrobials, combining antimicrobials for synergy, synthesising new antimicrobials, using phages and parasitic bacteria, as well as understanding the spread of resistance. In this issue we want to highlight new research from the Southern Hemisphere in these, and related areas. Studies can be laboratory based, pre-clinical or clinical; human or animal based. Manuscripts are particularly welcomed in the following areas:
- New antimicrobials, including antibiotics, disinfectants, metals
- Synthesis of antimicrobials
- New methods of testing antimicrobial activity
- Phages and parasitic bacteria
- Synergism between different types of antimicrobials
- Design and testing of antimicrobial surfaces
- Epidemiology and spread of microbes and resistance traits
Dr. Mark Willcox
Dr. Debarun Dutta
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Antibiotics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- Antimicrobial activity
- Antimicrobial testing
- Surface bound antimicrobials
- Antimicrobial release
- Antimicrobial synergy
- Resistance genes