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Research Groups
Group 17
Programme: Tuberculosis / Host-Pathogen Interactions Lead Researcher: Ausina Ruiz, Vicente
Group members
STAFF MEMBERS: Lacoma de la Torre, Alicia | Latorre Rueda, Irene.
ASSOCIATED MEMBERS: Cardona Iglesias, Pere Joan | Domínguez Benítez, José Antonio | Giménez Pérez, Montserrat | Jordana Lluch, Elena | Molina Moya, Bárbara | Prat Aymerich, Cristina | Ruiz 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.
• Newvaccinesagainsttuberculosis.
• Antituberculosis drugs: resistance, action and evaluation of new drugs.
• Newdiagnosticmethodsandmolecularepidemi- ology of tuberculosis.
• New molecular approaches to epidemiological, pathogenic and diagnostic of the respiratory in- fections caused by respiratory virus, Haemophi- lus 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 im- munosensor for diagnosis of sepsis of respiratory origin.
• Improving the diagnosis of bloodstream Infec- tions: PCR coupled with mass spectrometry.
• Multiplexeddeterminationofpathogenicbacteria in sepsis by novel magneto-nanohollows immu- noassays.
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