Mateu Espasa


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Mateu Espasa, MD

Clinical microbiologist and the Head of the Bacteriology Unit Head

Dr. Mateu Espasa is a clinical microbiologist and the Head of the Bacteriology Unit Head at the Microbiology Department-CDB at the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona where he specializes in clinical microbiology and infectious disease diagnostics. His extensive career includes significant global health work at the Manhiça Health Research Center in Mozambique, where he focused on malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis research.  More recently, his research has focused primarily on antibiotic resistance, TB and sexually transmitted infections.