The Microbiology of Central Nervous System Infections

Dr. Kateryna Kon, MD, PhD, currently works at the Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology at Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine as an Associate Professor. Dr. Kon received the Best Young Scientist of Kharkiv Award in 2007. She has ten years of teaching and fifteen years of research experience. She is an editorial board member of six international peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Kon's scientific contributions include more than 100 publications, 6 books and 18 scientific articles. The main focus of Dr. Kon’s research is antibiotic resistance in bacteria, coping with microbial resistance by plant essential oils and nanoparticles, microbiology of surgical and gynaecological infections, application of different statistical methods to analysis of biomedical data. Mahendra Rai is an internationally recognized scholar with extensive contributions to microbial biotechnology and nanobiotechnology research, particularly in the green synthesis of metal nanoparticles using fungi and their application as nano‑antimicrobials. His work is highly interdisciplinary, bridging microbiology, biotechnology, and nanoscience, and he is an active member of several scientific societies. He has received multiple national and international distinctions, including the Father T.A. Mathias Award from the All-India Association for Christian Higher Education and the Medini Award from the Government of India. Professor Rai has also held numerous visiting scientist and visiting professor positions across Europe, South America, and Asia, contributing to long‑standing research collaborations in countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and the United States. His sustained academic impact is reflected in his inclusion among the global top 2% of scientists in nanoscience and nanotechnology, and recognition as one of India’s leading researchers in biology and biochemistry, including a Biology and Biochemistry India Leader Award from Research.com.

• 1. The current perspectives and wide spectrum of meningitis: the overall management morbidity and mortality2. Imaging of CNS infections3. Molecular diagnosis of CNS viral infections4. Vaccines against CNS infections: Past achievements and future challenges5. Metal nanoparticles in management of diseases of CNS6. Diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of bacterial meningitis7. Pneumococcal meningitis8. Mycobacterial diseases afflicting the CNS9. Tuberculosis of central nervous system10. Chikungunya and Zika at Central Nervous System11. Immunological determination of host-vector contact for arboviral diseases12. Diagnosis of central nervous infections with rare and emerging microorganisms13. Herpesviridae CNS infections: A focus on HSV-1, HSV-2, and VZV14. Tick borne infections of the CNS15. Recent advances in fungal infections of the CNS: From Etiology to diagnosis and management16. Brain injuries in toxoplasmosis17. Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies: Advancements and Hurdles in Clinical microbiology