Low-dose antibiotics : : current status and outlook for the future / / topic editors: Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Jun Lin, Robert P. Hunter and Rustam I. Aminov.

• Superior document: Frontiers Research Topics
• Author: Robert Paul Hunter
• TeilnehmendeR: Nosanchuk, Joshua D.,; Lin, Jun,; Hunter, Robert P.,; Aminov, Rustam,; Frontiers Research Foundation,
• Place / Publishing House: [Lausanne, Switzerland] : : Frontiers Media SA,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Frontiers research topics.; Frontiers in microbiology.; Frontiers in public health.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (167 pages) :; illustrations; digital file(s).
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• Access: Open Access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: topic editors: Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Jun Lin, Robert P. Hunter and Rustam I. Aminov.

Antimicrobial therapy is a key factor in our success against pathogens poised to ravage at risk or infected individuals. However, we are currently at a watershed point as we face a growing crisis of antibiotic resistance among diverse pathogens. One area of intense interest is the impact of the application of antibiotics for uses other than the treatment of patients and the association with such utilization with emerging drug resistance. This Research Topic “Low dose antibiotics: current status and outlook for the future” in Frontiers in Microbiology: Antimicrobials, Resistance and Chemotherapy details various aspects of the wide ranging effects of antimicrobial therapy from areas such as the regulation of host responses tomodulation of bacterial virulence factors to acquisition of antibiotic resistance genes.