Annamária Főldes (MD, PhD student) is the Head of the Department of Microbiology, Laboratory of Medical Analysis, “Dr. Constantin Opriș” County Emergency Hospital, Baia Mare, Romania (since 2016) and a PhD student at the “George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, Târgu Mureș, Romania (since 2018). She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the “George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology in 2002 and performed her postgraduate medical training in laboratory medicine and medical microbiology specialties at the County Emergency Clinical Hospital in Târgu Mureș, Romania. She became a specialist physician in laboratory medicine in 2010, a consultant in laboratory medicine in 2015, and a specialist physician in medical microbiology in 2020. She has been employed as a specialist and consultant physician in laboratory medicine at the “Dr. Constantin Opriș” County Emergency Hospital since 2011. Her research interests include medical microbiology, antibiotic resistance, molecular epidemiology, and genetic elements contributing to antibiotic resistance. She is a member of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and the Romanian Association of Medical Laboratories.