About this Research Topic
Infections by multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs) are a global health threat with a worrying increasing trend. In fragile host, colonization and infection by MDROs pose a major clinical management challenge. Mainly carbapenem resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) and difficult to treat non fermentative Gram-negative bacteria (DTR-NFGN) are a serious thematic in fragile subjects such as elderly transplanted or hematologic patients and any other type of immunocompromised hosts.
Continuous analyses of epidemiology, microbiology, new therapeutic and prophylactic strategies are essential contributions to prevent colonization, to reduce spreading and to improve management of infections by MDROs in these patients’ categories. This Research Topic focuses on the emerging Gram negative MDROs, their resistance mechanisms, their epidemiology and new therapeutics in fragile hosts.
This Research Topic covers, but is not limited to, the following subtopics:
1. Epidemiology of different molecular mechanism of CRE and DTR-NFGN (Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) in solid organ transplant recipients, hematologic patients, elderly, people living with HIV (PLWH).
2. New antibiotic strategy to manage clinical infections by CRE and DTR-NFGN in solid organ transplant recipients, hematologic patients, elderly, other immunocompromised hosts based on different molecular resistance mechanisms.
3. Prevalence of different genotypes of Gram-negative MDROs and their possible interaction with saprophytic microbiota in colonized solid organ transplant recipients, hematologic patients, elderly, other immunocompromised hosts.
4. Prevalence of different genotypes of Gram negative MDROs and outcomes of related infections in solid organ transplant recipients, hematologic patients, elderly, other immunocompromised hosts.
We welcome the following article types:
1. For the Antimicrobials, Resistance and Chemotherapy section: Methods, Mini Review, Original Research, Perspective, Review, Systematic Review.
2. For the Clinical infectious Diseases section: Methods, Mini Review, Original Research, Perspective, Review.
3. For the Hematologic Malignancies section: Brief Research Report, Clinical Trial, Mini Review, Original Research, Review, Systematic Review.
Continuous analyses of epidemiology, microbiology, new therapeutic and prophylactic strategies are essential contributions to prevent colonization, to reduce spreading and to improve management of infections by MDROs in these patients’ categories. This Research Topic focuses on the emerging Gram negative MDROs, their resistance mechanisms, their epidemiology and new therapeutics in fragile hosts.
This Research Topic covers, but is not limited to, the following subtopics:
1. Epidemiology of different molecular mechanism of CRE and DTR-NFGN (Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) in solid organ transplant recipients, hematologic patients, elderly, people living with HIV (PLWH).
2. New antibiotic strategy to manage clinical infections by CRE and DTR-NFGN in solid organ transplant recipients, hematologic patients, elderly, other immunocompromised hosts based on different molecular resistance mechanisms.
3. Prevalence of different genotypes of Gram-negative MDROs and their possible interaction with saprophytic microbiota in colonized solid organ transplant recipients, hematologic patients, elderly, other immunocompromised hosts.
4. Prevalence of different genotypes of Gram negative MDROs and outcomes of related infections in solid organ transplant recipients, hematologic patients, elderly, other immunocompromised hosts.
We welcome the following article types:
1. For the Antimicrobials, Resistance and Chemotherapy section: Methods, Mini Review, Original Research, Perspective, Review, Systematic Review.
2. For the Clinical infectious Diseases section: Methods, Mini Review, Original Research, Perspective, Review.
3. For the Hematologic Malignancies section: Brief Research Report, Clinical Trial, Mini Review, Original Research, Review, Systematic Review.
Keywords: Multiresistance, Gram negative, Immunocompromised host, Elderly, Transplanted host, Hematologic host, Therapy, Epidemiology, Resistance mechanism
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