Topical Advisory Panel

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Second Department of Paediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Interests: antibiotic use; antibiotis stewardship program; hospital acquired infection; pharmakokinetics; pharmakodynamics; antibiotic resistance; paediatrics; neonatal infections; infections in the immunocompromised

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Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy
Interests: clinical microbiology; antimicrobial-resistance; antibiotic design and development; human papillomavirus (HPV); sexually transmitted infections (STIS)

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Clinical Unit Primary Care Pharmacy Sevilla, Aljarafe-Sevilla Norte Primary Health Area, Andalusian Health Service, Seville, Spain
Interests: antimicrobial prescribing; antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP); interventions to improve antibiotics prescribing; development of indicators to monitor antimicrobial use; ASP implementation; antimicrobial guides for ASP; prescribing support tools

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1. Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital del Mar, Passeig Maritim 25-29, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
2. Infectious Pathology and Antimicrobials Research Group (IPAR), Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: antimicrobial stewardship; antibiotics; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; multidrug-resistant bacteria; host-pathogen interaction; rational use of antibiotics
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Infectious Diseases Unit, Pediatric Sciences Department, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
Interests: Infections in pediatric intensive care and in critically ill pediatric patients; Bacterial and fungal infections in the immunocompromised host; PK/PD of anti-infectives
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Respiratory Infectious Diseases Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani” IRCCS, 00149 Rome, Italy
Interests: infectious diseases; respiratory infectious diseases; pulmonary tuberculosis; COVID-19 pneumonia; antibiotic use and resistance
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General Directorate of Health Prevention, Italian Ministry of Health viale Giorgio Ribotta, 5-00144, Rome, Italy
Interests: epidemiology; global health; emergency preparedness; medical education

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Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Anesthesiology, “Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS”, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Interests: antimicrobial de-escalation; infections caused by antibiotic-resistant germs; immune-modulatory therapies in critically ill patients
Laboratory of Research in Biofilms Rosário Oliveira, Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Interests: bacterial infections; Staphylococcus; biofilms; biofilm prevention and control; phage therapy; nanoparticle–cell biointerfaces
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Centre of Biological Engineering, LIBRO—Laboratório de Investigação em Biofilmes Rosário Oliveira, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
Interests: biotechnology; bacteriophage technology; antimicrobial alternatives; microbiology; animal health

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Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA
Interests: gut microbiome; obesity; colon and rectal cancer; diverticulitis; inflammatory bowel disease

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School of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4BW, UK
Interests: quorum sensing; quorum quenching; biofilm; antimicrobial resistance; pseudomonas

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Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Epidemiology, Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara, Calea Mănăștur 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; natural products with antimicrobial potential; antimicrobial compounds identification and testing
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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Lusófona, Lisboa, Portugal; Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, CIISA-Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; veterinary microbiology; molecular epidemiology of urinary tract pathogens; companion animals
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The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
Interests: toxin-antitoxin systems; Escherichia coli; mRNA interference; programmed cell death; drug resistance mechanism
Department of Pathobiology, Institute of Microbiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinärplatz, Vienna, Austria
Interests: animal MRSA; MRS from wildlife; antibiotic-resistant bacteria in wildlife; Mammaliicoccus sciuri; antibiotic-resistant bacteria in companion animals; ESBL/AmpC

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Fougères Laboratory, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France
Interests: disinfectants; bacteria adaptation; bacteria biofilms; viable but nonculturable bacteria; antimicrobial resistance; antibiotics
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
Interests: microbiology; resistance; antimicrobial; MALDI-TOF MS; antibiotics
Optometry and Vision Science Research Group, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
Interests: ocular surface infection; ocular microbiology; contact lenses; novel antimicrobial agents; keratitis
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1. Department of Pediatrics, Goryeb Children’s Hospital, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ 07960, USA
2. Department of Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
3. Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases Division, Atlantic Health System, Thomas Jefferson University, Morristown, NJ 07960, USA
Interests: pediatric infectious diseases; antibiotic stewardship
Department of Research and Scholarly Activity, Rocky Vista University, Ivins, UT 84738, USA
Interests: antibiotic resistance; drug delivery; bioactive materials
Laboratory of Human Microbiota–Xenobiotics Interactions, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; bacterial pathogens; bacterial evolution; molecular epidemiology; microbiome; genomics
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Escuela Superior de Ingeniería y Tecnología (ESIT), Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), 26006 Logroño, Spain
Interests: Streptococcus pneumoniae; pneumolysin; community adquired pneumonia; DNA isothermal amplification
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Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopedic Sciences, Section of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Interests: adverse drug reaction; healthcare-associated infection; post-mortem investigation; sudden death; histopathology; forensic pathology

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Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, 59200 Tourcoing, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Interests: antibiotic therapy; bone and joint infections; diabetic foot infections; prosthetic joint infections; vascular graft infections
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Infectious Diseases, Department of Traslational Medicine, University of Ferrara, University 'S. Anna' Hospital, Via Aldo Moro, 8, 44124 Ferrara, Italy
Interests: antibiotic resistance; healthcare associated infections; orthopedic infections; infections in immunocompromised patients; antibiotic prophylaxis; critically ill patients; liver cirrhosis; antimicrobial stewardship; human parasite diseases therapy
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Laboratoire de Microbiologie, UMR-S 1139 "Physiopathologie et Pharmacotoxicologie Placentaire Humaine, Microbiote pré- et post-natal" (3PHM), FHU PREMA, Faculté de Pharmacie de Paris, Université de Paris, Paris, France
Interests: gut microbiota; anaerobic bacteria; antibiotic resistance; neonatal; NEC
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Interests: HIV; microbiome; inflammation; immunosenescence; pulmonary infection; ARDS; pulmonary dysfunction; COPD; emphysema
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Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
Interests: in vitro studies; tuberculosis; clinical practice; quality improvement; natural products chemistry

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Hospital Assistant in Clinical Pathology, Head of the Laboratory of General Bacteriology Service of Clinical Pathology, Medical Teaching Hospital of Coimbra, 3004-561 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: clinical microbiology; prevention and control of infections and bacterial resistance
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