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leaD researcher
Cardona Iglesias, Pere Joan
fundación instituto de Investigación Germans Trias i Pujol
Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol Ctra. de Can Ruti.
Cami de les escoles s/n
08916 Badalona
(+34) 93 497 86 81
group website
GROUP MEMBERS
Staff members: Lacoma de la Torre, Alicia | Latorre Rueda, Irene
Associated members: Arias de la Cruz, Lilibeth | Cardona, María Paula | 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.
• 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
immunoassays.
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PROGRAMMES
Infectious Respiratory Diseases