Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Antibiotics

Antibiotics are drugs used to treat and prevent bacterial infections by killing bacteria or stopping their growth, allowing the body's immune defenses to clear the infection. Different classes of antibiotics act through distinct mechanisms, such as disrupting the bacterial cell wall, inhibiting protein synthesis, or…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 39× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Antibiotics are drugs used to treat and prevent bacterial infections by killing bacteria or stopping their growth, allowing the body's immune defenses to clear the infection. Different classes of antibiotics act through distinct mechanisms, such as disrupting the bacterial cell wall, inhibiting protein synthesis, or interfering with DNA replication, and they are effective only against bacteria, not viruses. Since their introduction, antibiotics have transformed medicine and saved countless lives, but their effectiveness is increasingly threatened by antimicrobial resistance, in which bacteria evolve to survive the drugs intended to kill them. Resistance is driven by overuse and misuse of antibiotics in humans, animals, and agriculture, and it makes infections harder to treat, prolongs illness, and raises the risk of death. Prudent prescribing, accurate susceptibility testing, and antimicrobial stewardship are therefore central to preserving these medicines. The International Journal of Antibiotic Research publishes peer-reviewed work across these themes, including studies on antibiotic prescribing practices for upper respiratory tract infection, carbapenem resistance among Klebsiella pneumoniae and its susceptibility patterns, antibiotic resistance in the elderly, and prescribers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward antimicrobial stewardship. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to antibiotics, susceptibility, and antimicrobial resistance.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 39 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Antibiotics, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Antibiotic Research.

Journal editorial board
Tonmoy Debnath · Taiwan Haihong Hao · United States Asim Ahmed Elnour · United Arab Emirates

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