Dr. Claudio Farina is consultant at the Department of Infectious/Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Ospedale Sacro-Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar di Valpolicella (Verona), Italy. He previously served as the Director of the Microbiology and Virology Laboratory at ASST ‘Papa Giovanni XXIII’ in Bergamo, Italy, and before that as the Director at Azienda Ospedaliera San Carlo Borromeo, Milano, Italy. His research interests include Antibiotics; Infection; Pathogens; Bacteriology; and Medical Mycology.