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RESEARCH GROUPS
Group 17
Programme: Tuberculosis / Host-Pathogen Interactions
Lead Researcher: Ausina Ruiz, Vicente Group members
STAFF MEMBERS: Iglesias Coma, Amanda
ASSOCIATED MEMBERS: Cardona Iglesias, Pere Joan | Domínguez Benítez, José Antonio | Giménez Pérez, Montserrat | Jordana Lluch, Elena | Latorre Moreno, Irene | Prat Aymerich, Cristina | Ruíz Manzano, Juan | Vilaplana Massaguer, Cristina
Main lines of research
• Development and evaluation of new experimental animal models in tuberculosis . • New approaches to the nature, diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis . • New vaccines against tuberculosis . • Antituberculosis drugs: resistance, action and evaluation of new drugs .
• New diagnostic methods and molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis . • New molecular approaches to epidemiological, pathogenic and diagnostic of the respiratory infections
caused by respiratory virus, Haemophilus influenzae and Mycoplasma pneumonia .
• Characterization of intracellular life stage of Staphylococcus aureus . Involvement in treatment and outcome of staphylococcal infections .
• Design and evaluation of a novel inpedimetric immunosensor for diagnosis of sepsis of respiratory origin .
• Improving the diagnosis of bloodstream Infections: PCR coupled with mass spectrometry . • Multiplexed determination of pathogenic bacteria in sepsis by novel magneto-nanohollows immu-
noassays .
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