PART OF IntechOpen Book Series: Infectious Diseases
ISSN 2631-6188
Research Topic on Bacterial Infectious Diseases - always open for submissions, with an Annual Volume published each calendar year with a dedicated ISSN and ISBN.
Led by Topic Editors D.Sc. Tomas Jarzembowski, Dr. Katarzyna Garbacz and an international Editorial Board, all submissions are peer-reviewed and published immediately after acceptance.
Medical University of Gdańsk
Tomasz Jarzembowski is an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology, Medical University of Gdańsk (GUMed), Poland. He obtained a Ph.D. from the Department of Biology, University of Gdańsk (UG), in 2000, and a DSc from the Faculty of Medicine, GUMed, in 2015. After obtaining a specialization in clinical microbiology in 2003, Dr. Jarzembowski began studying biofilm formation and heterogeneity of antibiotic resistance. The latter research, which he conducted in cooperation with experts in nephrology and immunology, resulted in the designation of a new diagnostic method for UTIs, which was patented in 2017. Currently, his interests are focused on the proteomic study of virulence biomarkers of species of microbiome. Dr. Jarzembowski has been a leader of several projects of the Ministry of Education and Science, Poland, and a grant of Applied Microbiology International. He is a member of the Main Audit Committee of the Polish Society of Microbiologists (PTM), the Steering Committee of the Gdańsk branch of PTM, Applied Microbiology International, and the editorial board of several international journals. He is an author and editor of more than sixty scientific publications and book chapters.
Medical University of Gdańsk
Katarzyna Maria Garbacz, MD, is an Associate Professor at the Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland and she is head of the Department of Oral Microbiology of the Medical University of Gdańsk. She has published more than 50 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. She has been a project leader funded by the National Science Centre of Poland. Prof. Garbacz is a microbiologist working on applied and fundamental questions in microbial epidemiology and pathogenesis. Her research interest is in antibiotic resistance, host-pathogen interaction, and therapeutics development for staphylococcal pathogens, mainly Staphylococcus aureus, which causes hospital-acquired infections. Currently, her research is mostly focused on the study of oral pathogens, particularly Staphylococcus spp.
Editorial Board
University of Granada,
Spain
Sapienza University, Italy
Mónica Alexandra Sousa Oleastro
National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge,
Portugal