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Valeriu Crudu

Microbiology · Phthisiopneumology Institute, Chisinau, Moldova

https://researchid.co/valcrudu
@ifp.md
97Scopus Publications

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

  1. The global phylogeography of rapidly expanding multidrug resistant Ural lineage 4.2 Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Nature Communications, 2026
  2. High rates of acquired resistance to fluoroquinolones, bedaquiline, and linezolid in patients failing treatment against drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Republic of Moldova
    Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2026
  3. 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
    European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2026
  4. 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
    Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2026
  5. Noninvasive diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis using face mask sampling: a prospective study in adults
    Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2026

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