Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials (MJIMA) is the official journal of the Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Specialty Society of Turkey. MJIMA is an independent international journal based on peer-review principle. It is an online open-access journal, launched in 2011. The publisher of the journal is Galenos Publishing House (2011-15 Bilimsel Publishing). A double-blind peer-reviewed system is used to select manuscripts. The official languages of the journal are Turkish and English. The goal of the Journal is to present and improve collective scientific knowledge and the scientific background regarding infectious diseases, clinical microbiology, vaccinology, infection control and hospital epidemiology via experimental and clinical studies, reviews, case reports, short communications, letters to the editor, editorials and clinical images. To undertake a novel effort in the international representation and attribution of published articles are the other aims of the journal. Research papers are especially supported. The target readers of the MJIMA include, infectious diseases and/or clinical microbiology specialists and residents. However, the articles published may also be related to infection control practitioners, epidemiologists, intensive care medicine, anesthesiology and reanimation, oncology, hematology, neurology, surgery, public health and internal medicine specialists and residents as well as all other physicians working related to the field of infectious diseases and clinical microbiology. MJIMA works within the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) principles. MJIMA is indexed in CINAHL Complete, Proquest databases.