Policlinico San Martino University Hospital, Genoa, Italy, AND Department of Health Science, University of Genoa, Italy

The Policlinico San Martino University Hospital, Genoa, Italy, is a tertiary care service hospital associated with a teaching medical school. The Infectious Diseases Clinic service includes two wards with a total of 33 beds that receive 700 inpatients/year, an outpatient department that provides 5000 visits/year and a consultation service that provides 4000 visits/year to patients hospitalized in other wards. Fields of expertise: Nosocomial infections, antimicrobial resistance, fungal infections, infections in the immunocompromised host, HIV, viral hepatitis, TB, sexually transmitted diseases, travel-related infections.