Researcher

Gérald Glupczynski

Research Expertise:Expertise in the field of clinical microbiology and more specifically: - Development and evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests from clinical specimens and/or from bacterial cultures - Detection of current and of emerging bacterial resistance mechanisms of clinical and public health importance in Gram-negative bacteria (Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, Anaerobes, Helicobacter pylori) - Research work in the field of antimicrobial susceptibility testing met convention, epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in gram-negative bacteria - Coordinator/ of several national and European surveys on the epidemiology of antilmicrobial resistance in Enterobacteriaceae and in Helicobacter pylori

Keywords:GENE DETECTION, SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING, INFECTIONS, GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE CORRELATION, Medicine

Disciplines:Microbial diagnostics, Molecular diagnostics, Clinical microbiology, Epidemiology

Research techniques:Diagnostic microbiology (culture, immunological assays, antigen/antibodies) Mass spectrometry applied to diagnostic microbiology (MALDI-TOF), 16 rRNA sequencing Molecular testing (PCR, RT-PCR amplification assays, DNA/RNA), Molecular typing (rep PCR, PFGE, Fourier transform IR spectroscopy)

Users of research expertise:medical and paramedical professions groups and organizations involved in public health pharmaceutical industry and medical diagnostic companies