Mario Cruciani, M.D., is an infectious diseases specialist with a large amount of experience in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology. Among his research interests are meta-analysis of clinical trials and diagnostic tests. He is a Cochrane reviewer and associate editor of the Cochrane Clinical Answers, as well as an editorial board member of the journal “Diagnostics”. Dr. Cruciani is the author of more than 180 publications retrievable from PubMed. H-index 44, no. citations: >8000.