Minggui Wang, MD, FESCMID, FISAC
China

Minggui Wang, MD, FESCMID, FISAC

Lessons & Successes in Treating XDR Acinetobacter baumanii

Biography

Dr. Minggui Wang is a Professor of Medicine of Fudan University, Chief-in-Physician, Director of Institute of Antibiotics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University. Dr. Wang is the president of Committee of Society on Bacterial Infection and Resistance, Chinese Medical Association. He is an ESCMID fellow and ISAC fellow. His clinical work focuses on diagnosis and treatment of bacterial and fungal infections, and rational use of antimicrobials in clinical practice. His research interests are bacterial resistance and mechanisms of bacterial resistance. He focuses on plasmid-mediated resistance in gram-negative bacilli including resistance to quinolones, beta-lactams, beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations, tigecycline and fosfomycin, and also works on bacterial defense systems such as CRISPR-CAS, R-M and BREX systems.