Antimicrobial resistance has become a great challenge for health care workers all across the globe due to the unavailability of effective antibiotics. One of the prominent examples is the emergence of carbapenems resistant bacteria which causes infections that are difficult to treat using conventional methods. Other examples include NDM-1 and mcr-1 together with their associated variants that introduce significant challenges for physicians and clinicians and their patients. The major cause of this resistance emergence is the dissemination of resistant markers through horizontal gene transfer mechanism among the bacterial strains in hospital and environmental settings. As the result, the patients staying in hospitals are at great risk of infections due to their immunocompromised state and the circulation of resistant markers. In addition, the environmental dissemination of these markers through water bodies including sewage water and poultry animals has also been documented, highlighting them as major reservoir of the resistant genes.

The goal of this collection is to improve our understanding about the antimicrobial resistance and its mechanism. We welcome review and original research articles as well as shorter communications discussing the recent advancements in this challenging field.

Potential areas of interest may include, but are not limited to:
● Epidemiology of antibiotic resistance.
● Mechanisms, transmission dynamics.
● Surveillance and stewardships.
● Biofilm production.

For a complete list of article types that can be considered, please follow this link. Though abstract submission is not mandatory, we encourage all interested researchers to submit an abstract before submitting their manuscript. Abstracts do not have to coincide with the final abstract of the manuscripts.

For authors, please review the journal's information regarding Author Guidelines and Article Processing Charges, or direct any questions to the Editorial Office: abp@frontierspartnerships.org.

Article types and fees

This Special Issue accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Special Issue description:

• Brief Research Report
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Review
• Systematic Review

Articles that are accepted for publication by our external editors following rigorous peer review incur a publishing fee charged to Authors, institutions, or funders.

Article types

This Special Issue accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Special Issue description:

• Brief Research Report
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Review
• Systematic Review

Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance, Resistant markers, Carbapenemase producing bacteria, Colistin resistance