Valeriu Crudu
Microbiology · Phthisiopneumology Institute, Chisinau, Moldova
Research Interests
Tuberculosis, Drug Resistance, Microbiological Diagnostic, Molecular methods
Biography
The main domains of my activities are scientific research in the field of tuberculosis control, microbiological diagnosis of infectious diseases, drug resistance. During this period, I implemented over 40 international and local projects from the European Union research and development funding programme - FP7, H2020, NIH, CRDF Global, USAID, EDCTP. Authored or coauthored of more than 300 publications, scientific reports, trainings materials on national and international journals and forums and supervisor of junior researchers and doctoral students. Member of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, the UNION and the European Respiratory Society. Number of citations: 4784, h-index: 27
Education
State Medical University, Chisinau, Moldova. Degree- MD; Medicine/Epidemiology (06/1980), Academy of Sciences “I.Secenov”, Moscow, Russia. Degree – PhD, Medical Microbiology. (09/1991).
Recent Scopus Publications
- The global phylogeography of rapidly expanding multidrug resistant Ural lineage 4.2 Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- High rates of acquired resistance to fluoroquinolones, bedaquiline, and linezolid in patients failing treatment against drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Republic of Moldova
- Use of reverse dot blot hybridization DNA-array and targeted next-generation sequencing for the detection of drug resistance in patients with tuberculosis: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study
- A new multiplex molecular assay based on padlock probes and rolling circle amplification for MDR-TB detection in clinical specimens: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study
- Noninvasive diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis using face mask sampling: a prospective study in adults
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5059-8002
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6504491495