World AMR Awareness Week

“Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to antimicrobial agents. As a result of drug resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents become ineffective and infections become difficult or impossible to treat, increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death.

The World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) is a global campaign to raise awareness and understanding of AMR and promote best practices among One Health stakeholders to reduce the emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. WAAW is celebrated from 18-24 November every year.

The theme for the World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) 2024 is “Educate. Advocate. Act now.” This theme was chosen based on feedback from an online survey among stakeholders from the human, animal, plant, and environmental health sectors, which collected nearly 200 responses globally.”

WHO, World AMR Awareness Week 2024

Enjoy this special collection of calls for papers, Special Issues, and article selections in celebration of World AMR Awareness Week 2024.

Call for Papers

• Call for Papers: Epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), virulence, and control of Klebsiella pneumoniae, a bacterial pathogen with high clinical significance se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana Submission Deadline: 31 March 2025 Microbiological Research

Special Issues

• Special Issue: Past, Present and Future of Antifungals: Advancements in Mechanisms of Action and Resistance se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana Current Research in Microbial Sciences

• Special Issue on Antimicrobial Resistance se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana Infection, Disease & Health

• Special issue: Genetic and environmental regulation of antimicrobial resistance se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana Microbiological Research

Article collections

Cell Chemical Biology

• SARS-CoV-2 resistance to monoclonal antibodies and small-molecule drugs se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Targeting cap1 RNA methyltransferases as an antiviral strategy se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Modifying the antiviral innate immune response by selective writing, erasing, and reading of m6A on viral and cellular RNA se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• PROTAC-mediated degradation of HIV-1 Nef efficiently restores cell-surface CD4 and MHC-I expression and blocks HIV-1 replication se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Discovery of antibiotics that selectively kill metabolically dormant bacteria se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Selective targeting of Plasmodium falciparum Hsp90 disrupts the 26S proteasome se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Discovery of dual-active ethionamide boosters inhibiting the Mycobacterium tuberculosis ESX-1 secretion system se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

Cell Host & Microbe

• Antibiotic resistance: A key microbial survival mechanism that threatens public health se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Variability in cell division among anatomical sites shapes Escherichia coli antibiotic survival in a urinary tract infection mouse model se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Host stress drives tolerance and persistence: The bane of anti-microbial therapeutics se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Susceptible bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract without evolving resistance se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Fungicide-tolerant persister formation during cryptococcal pulmonary infection se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

Cell Reports

• In situ chemoproteomic profiling reveals itaconate inhibits de novo purine biosynthesis in pathogens se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Population genomics uncovers global distribution, antimicrobial resistance, and virulence genes of the opportunistic pathogen Klebsiella aerogenes se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Arginine catabolism is essential to polymyxin dependence in Acinetobacter baumannii se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• A platform for predicting mechanism of action based on bacterial transcriptional responses identifies an unusual DNA gyrase inhibitor se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• YjgM is a crotonyltransferase critical for polymyxin resistance of Escherichia coli se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

Current Research in Microbial Sciences

• Major facilitator superfamily efflux pumps in human pathogens: Role in multidrug resistance and beyond se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• An updated view of bacterial endophytes as antimicrobial agents against plant and human pathogens se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• A review on antimicrobial strategies in mitigating biofilm-associated infections on medical implants se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

Food Microbiology

• Antimicrobial effect of garlic against foodborne pathogens in ground mutton se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Bacillus subtilis fermented shrimp waste isolated peptide, PVQ9, and its antimicrobial mechanism on four Gram-positive foodborne bacteria se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Combined antimicrobial activity of short peptide and phage-derived endolysin against antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Nanoencapsulation enhances the antimicrobial and antioxidant stability of cyclic lipopeptides for controlling Fusarium graminearum se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Antimicrobial activity of essential oil components against Escherichia coli depends on the food components present in a food matrix se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

Infection, Disease & Health

• Prediction of multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDR) hospital-acquired infection (HAI) and colonisation: A systematic review  se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Regulating antimicrobial use within hospitals: A qualitative study se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Capacity building to address antimicrobial resistance in remote Australia: The inaugural HOT NORTH Antimicrobial Academy se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Attitudes to cross infection, nebuliser hygiene and antimicrobial resistance in people with cystic fibrosis: Results of an international survey se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Improvement in antibacterial use in intensive care units from Argentina: A quality improvement collaborative process evaluation using Normalization Process Theory se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

Infection Prevention in Practice

• Challenges of implementing antimicrobial stewardship tools in Low to Middle Income Countries (LMICs) se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Stewardship: it's going viral se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Management of BAME patients with a history of penicillin allergy: barriers to best practice and strategies to overcome these se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Antimicrobial resistance as a super wicked problem: how do we engage the public to be part of the solution se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Diagnostic stewardship: establishing the role of the hospital nurse to inform local engagement strategies se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Prescribing patterns of antimicrobials according to the WHO AWaRe classification at a tertiary referral hospital in the southern highlands of Tanzania se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

Infectious Medicine

• Epidemiology, resistant pathogens, and causes of early death in cases of bloodstream infection in patients with hematological malignancies from 2012–2019 se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Advanced approach for antifungal susceptibility and characterization of resistance properties in clinical and environmental isolates of Cryptococcus species complex se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Impact of extended-infusion piperacillin-tazobactam in a Canadian community hospital se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Infections and novel approaches to treatment “Knowing the enemy” the threat of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and exploring novel approaches to treatment se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Polymyxin sensitivity/resistance cosmopolitan status, epidemiology and prevalence among O1/O139 and non-O1/non-O139 Vibrio cholerae: A meta-analysis se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Metal nanoparticles as inhibitors of enzymes and toxins of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Persistent Nocardia beijingensis infection in a patient with postoperative abscess and misuse of antibiotics in China se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Efficacy of new generation biosorbents for the sustainable treatment of antibiotic residues and antibiotic resistance genes from polluted waste effluent se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Epidemiological characteristics of ventilator-associated pneumonia in neurosurgery: A 10-year surveillance study in a Chinese tertiary hospital se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Characterization of isoniazid resistance and genetic mutations in isoniazid-resistant and rifampicin-susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis in China se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Evaluating the performance of the Alere PBP2a SA Culture Colony Test with the Vitek 2 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Card System as reference standard in coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

iScience

• The ARM repeat domain of hemocyanin interacts with MKK4 to modulate antimicrobial peptides expression se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Impedimetric antimicrobial peptide biosensor for the detection of human immunodeficiency virus envelope protein gp120 se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Ca-EDTA restores the activity of ceftazidime-avibactam or aztreonam against carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infections se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Reactive oxygen species accelerate de novo acquisition of antibiotic resistance in E. coli se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

Journal of Hospital Infection

• Antimicrobial usage and stewardship in a hospice setting se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Evaluating antimicrobial utilization in 20 Korean long-term care hospitals: a call to action for antimicrobial stewardship se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• The role of colonization with resistant Gram-negative bacteria in the treatment of febrile neutropenia after stem cell transplantation se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Prescription of Oral Antibiotics and its Appropriateness for Outpatients in a Tertiary-Care Hospital in Korea se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Factors associated with antibiotics for respiratory infections in Swiss long-term care facilities se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

Med

• Breastfeeding enrichment of B. longum subsp. infantis mitigates the effect of antibiotics on the microbiota and childhood asthma risk se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Refractory Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections treated with phage PASA16: A compassionate use case series se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Multidrug-resistant mutations to antiviral and antibody therapy in an immunocompromised patient infected with SARS-CoV-2 se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Mycoplasma genitalium in pregnancy, including specific co-infections, is associated with lower birthweight: A prospective cohort study se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Neutralizing antibodies after nebulized phage therapy in cystic fibrosis patients se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Functional modification of gut bacteria for disease diagnosis and treatment se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

Microbiological Research

• Antimicrobial peptides: Opportunities and challenges in overcoming resistance se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Antibiotic adjuvants against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: important component of future antimicrobial therapy se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Is there a role for intestinal sporobiota in the antimicrobial resistance crisis? se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

Science in One Health

• Multi-modal deep learning based on multi-dimensional and multi-level temporal data can enhance the prognostic prediction for multi-drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis patients se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• One Health approaches adapted in low resource settings to address antimicrobial resistance se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• An agent-based model for collaborative learning to combat antimicrobial resistance: proof of concept based on broiler production in Senegal se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Global burden of HIV-negative multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis based on Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• A bibliometric analysis of One Health approach in research on antimicrobial resistance se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

The Microbe

• Exploring endophytic actinomycetes: A rich reservoir of diverse antimicrobial compounds for combatting global antimicrobial resistance se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Physicochemical and metagenomic analysis of samples from the Roman Baths (Bath, UK) reveals high bacterial and archaeal diversity and a potential for antimicrobial discovery se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Overview of antimicrobial resistance and mechanisms: The relative status of the past and current se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

Trends in Microbiology

• Balancing act: counteracting adverse drug effects on the microbiome se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• The role of cyclic nucleotides in bacterial antimicrobial resistance and tolerance se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Environmental microbiome, human fungal pathogens, and antimicrobial resistance se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Strategies for developing phages into novel antimicrobial tailocins se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Forecasting antimicrobial resistance evolution se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Plasmid-mediated colistin-resistance genes: mcr se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

Trends in Parasitology

• Peeling the onion: how complex is the artemisinin resistance genetic trait of malaria parasites? se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• P-glycoproteins in anthelmintic safety, efficacy, and resistance se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Pass the boron: benzoxaboroles as antiparasite drugs se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• The long and winding road towards new treatments against lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Using our understanding of interactions between helminth metabolism and host immunity to target worm survival se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Next-generation sequencing technologies for helminth diagnostics and surveillance in ruminants: shifting diagnostic barriers se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Molecular markers for malaria genetic epidemiology: progress and pitfalls se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana

• Plasmodium falciparum ring-stage plasticity and drug resistance se abre en una nueva pestaña/ventana