Frontiers in Microbiology | Infectious Agents and Disease

Original Research

Accepted on 23 Sep 2025

Determination of pyrazinamide minimum inhibitory concentrations against Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates at neutral pH 6.8 using broth microdilution method

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Maria Tamblin
Wanliang Shi
Liang Chen
Jessica L. Reynolds

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1688772

Original Research

Accepted on 23 Sep 2025

Targeted next-generation sequencing using bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples for diagnosing pulmonary infections: a single-center retrospective study

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Jinbao Huang
Ling Ye
Heng Weng
Meiqin Jiang
Ying Lin
Hongyan Li
Baosong Xie

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1671819

Editorial

Published on 23 Sep 2025

Editorial: Women in infectious agents and disease: 2024

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Alina Maria Holban
Nayeli Alva-Murillo
Svetlana Khaiboullina
Ze Chen

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1694902

546 views

Original Research

Published on 23 Sep 2025

Genomic insights into diversity, antimicrobial resistance and virulence of Glaesserella parasuis from diseased swine in Peru

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Luis Alvarez-Vega
Karolina S. M. De La Cruz-Monroy
Arturo Garcia-Barraza
Dennis Carhuaricra
Jose L. Llaja-Bernedo
Liseth L. Huamancha-Pulido
Alejandra Medina-Gonzales
Andre F. Sedano-Sanchez

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1678153

604 views

Review

Accepted on 22 Sep 2025

Research progress on the role of microbiota in the pathogenesis of gallstone disease

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Yuntian Liu
Bihui Yao
Qi Sun
Xusheng Yang
Xiaoqin Yang
Lu Liang

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1672767

195 views

Original Research

Accepted on 22 Sep 2025

Diversity of antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes of pathogenic Escherichia coli recovered from pigs from England

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Samuel Alf Maurice Connelly
Manal AbuOun
Nicholas Duggett
Miranda Kirchner
Indre Navickaite
Javier NunezGarcia
Susanna Williamson
Kelly Vaughan
Christopher Teale
Muna Anjum

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1668327

219 views

Systematic Review

Accepted on 22 Sep 2025

Host Factors Associated with Respiratory Particle Emission and Virus Presence Within Respiratory Particles: A Systematic Review

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Nils Horstink
Kirsten Lassing
Marjolein Knoester
Lucie C. Vermeulen
John W. A. Rossen
Andreas Voss
Mariëtte Lokate

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1652124

231 views

Original Research

Accepted on 22 Sep 2025

Establishment of a dual droplet digital PCR method for detecting the Brucella abortus A19-ΔVirB12 strains

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Ruixue Xue
Zunfeng Chu
Linlin Xing
Zixin Jiang
Wenduo Jiang
Yingli Shang
Fangkun Wang
Hongmei Wang
Yuyu Zhang
Yanling Wang

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1684156

137 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Sep 2025

Apoptosis and autophagy promote Babesia microti infection in tick midguts: insights from transcriptomic and functional RNAi studies

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Songqin Chen
Shanming Hu
Fengjun Gong
Haotian Zhu
Yongzhi Zhou
Jie Cao
Houshuang Zhang
Yanan Wang
Jinlin Zhou

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1632974

1,396 views

Original Research

Accepted on 18 Sep 2025

Probe-based metagenomic pathogen detection: advancing laboratory capacity for complex diagnosis

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Rita Ferreira
Luís Coelho
João Dourado Santos
Daniel Sobral
Joana Isidro
Verónica Mixão
Miguel Pinto
Alexandra Nunes
Maria Borrego
Sílvia Lopo

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1656831

1,090 views

Original Research

Accepted on 18 Sep 2025

Clinical Characterization and Etiological Insights: A Small Cohort Study of Pulmonary Infections Caused by Microascus spp. in Critically Ill Patients

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Ting Zhang
Jian-Jun Cheng
Ru-Ru Bi
Jun-Mei Zhu
Liting Zhou
Yan Chen
Qing-Zhen Han

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1632354

931 views

Perspective

Published on 18 Sep 2025

Analysis of antimicrobial effects of a contactless, indirect cold atmospheric plasma-aerosol method for germ reduction on surfaces: an in vitro and in vivo study

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Tom Schaal
Ulrich Schmelz
Gilbert Hämmerle
Robert Fuchs
Timon Schorling
Sandra Kurras
Marc Koene
Tim Tischendorf

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1668987

1,378 views

Original Research

Accepted on 17 Sep 2025

Limited genomic diversity and convergent adaptation of Brucella melitensis isolated from human in East China, from 2011 to 2024

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Lan Huang
Lu Zhou
Nan Zhang
Weizhong Zhou
Buyun Xu
Jie Hong
Wei Zhang
Ying Zhang
Ke Xu
Chang-jun Bao

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1663555

439 views

Review

Published on 17 Sep 2025

Detection of virulence factors in opportunistic bacteria: advances, challenges, and practical implementation

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Igor Chebotar
Ilya Azizov
Mikhail Edelstein
Roman Kozlov

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1638925

852 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Sep 2025

Intestinal IL-22RA1 signaling regulates Chlamydia deficient in plasmid-encoded pGP3 spreading to large intestine

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Qi Tian
Guangchi Fang
Jingyue Ma
Luying Wang
Zonghui Zuo
Tianyuan Zhang

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1647731

815 views

Original Research

Accepted on 16 Sep 2025

Cellular Respiration and Amino Acid Metabolism Is Altered by Dietary Oligosaccharides in Salmonella with Epithelial Cell Association

in Infectious Agents and Disease

Claire Shaw
Poyin Chen
Narine Arabyan
Bart C Weimer

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1672770

491 views