Leading researcher at the Laboratory of intestinal infections, St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia; Associate Professor, Department of medical microbiology, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, St. Petersburg, Russia.

H-index according to the Scopus database — 5
H-index according to the Web of Science database — 5
H-index according to the RSCI database — 10

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Medical microbiology (bacteriology); study of the biological properties of obligate pathogens of acute intestinal infections and sensitivity to antibiotics, taking into account the molecular mechanisms of resistance; research in the field of structural variability of the genome of Escherichia coli — pathogens of intestinal infections and diseases of extraintestinal localization; studying the pathogenic potential of E. coli colonizing the human intestine; assessment of the microbiota of a healthy person as a reservoir of virulent and antibiotic-resistant strains.
The most significant results of scientific activity: co-author of more than 180 scientific works, including analytical reviews, methodological recommendations, clinical recommendations, guidelines, practical recommendations, national guidelines, reference books, textbooks, 3 patents, 15 databases.
M.A. Makarova is a member of the teaching staff of the Department of Medical Microbiology of the North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, gives a course of lectures for professional advanced training programs for doctors in the sections: “Acute intestinal infections. Modern approaches to microbiological diagnostics”, “Modern methods of epidemiological marking of pathogens of intestinal infections”, “Molecular genetic monitoring of global resistance and criteria for the selection of molecular typing and detection of international high-risk clones”.