| Infectious and tropical diseases research center |
| Address | Sina Medical Research & Training hospital, Azadi avenue, Tabriz |
| Website | http://rcid.tbzmed.ac.ir |
| Head of the Center | Behrooz naghili |
| Email | tropical.research.tbzmed@gmail.com |
Introducing the center
The Research Center of Infection Diseases (RCID) was founded by Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in 2004. RCID has well equipped laboratories to carry out research on medical microbiology and mycology fields including new diagnostic methods, antibiotic susceptibility testing, Mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents and epidemiology of bacterial and fungal infections in susceptible hosts. This center provides research facilities, research programs and guidance to all post graduate students through an expert staff, too.
The main objectives of this center: determining the prevalence of drug resistance of pathogenic microbes and nosocomial infections and providing practical solutions to control it, setting up a microbial bank of resistant infectious agents, preparing at least one case of early detection kit for drug resistant microbial agents Molecular and identification of polymorphisms are effective in causing susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis.