Rosemary Barnes
Professor
Medicine
Cardiff University School of Medicine
United Kingdom
Biography
Rosemary Barnes is Professor of Medical Microbiology in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases within the Institute of Infection and Immunity at the School of Medicine at Cardiff University. She works as an honorary consultant for Public Health Wales at the University Hospital of Wales. Her interests include infections in immunocompromised patients and the treatment and rapid diagnosis of invasive fungal infection. She is currently president of the British Society of Medical Mycology and Chair of the UK Clinical Mycology Network. She is a founding member of the European Aspergillus PCR Initiative Working Group of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology and a board member of the foundation European Aspergillus PCR initiative. Finally, she is a member of the Steering Group of the NISCHR funded Microbiology and Translational Infection Research Group.
Research Interest
Infectious Diseases
Publications
-
Sands, K.et al. 2017. Respiratory pathogen colonisation of dental plaque, the lower airways and endotracheal tube biofilms during mechanical ventilation. Journal of Critical Care 37, pp. 30-37. (10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.07.019)
-
White, P.et al. 2017. An evaluation of the performance of the Dynamiker® Fungus (1-3)-β-D-Glucan Assay to 2 assist in the diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia. Medical Mycology (10.1093/mmy/myx004)
-
White, P. L., Backx, M. and Barnes, R. 2017. Diagnosis and management of Pneumocystis jirovecii infection. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy 15(5), pp. 435-447. (10.1080/14787210.2017.1305887)
