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Biology and Evolution of Microorganisms

The Biology and Evolution of Microorganisms Group, whose head is Dr. Rafael Cantón and which is made up of nine other principal investigators as well as numerous pre- and post-doctoral researchers, technicians and other healthcare personnel, has participated in the last 5 years in 17 national and international research projects and in 15 contracts with pharmaceutical companies or companies dedicated to in vitro diagnostics. During this period of time this work has resulted in more than 190 publications in national and international journals with a high impact index and more than 11 doctoral theses. Likewise, more than 400 communications have been presented at numerous national and international congresses. And all this always seeking the highest excellence in the fields of population biology, antibiotic resistance, respiratory infection, microbiota, metagenomics and HIV.

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  • Barquín Yagüez J, Juez LD, Hernández PI, Ballestero A, Martín O, del Campo R, Vaello V, García-Pérez JC.

    Intestinal Helminths Infections as Infrequent Cause of Emergency Abdominal Surgery: A Retrospective Study in a University Hospital over 20 Years.

    ACTA PARASITOLOGICA . 69(1): 1046-1052. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.1007/s11686-023-00789-5]

  • de Aguirre PM, Carlos S, Pina-Sánchez M, Mbikayi S, Burgueño E, Tendobi C, Chiva L, Holguín Á, Reina G.

    High pre-Delta and early-Omicron SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence detected in dried blood samples from Kinshasa (D.R. Congo).

    JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY . 96(3): 29529-29529. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.1002/jmv.29529]

  • Mesquida A, Alcoceba E, Padilla E, Ramírez A, Merino P, González-Romo F, De Carolis E, Sanguinetti M, Mantecón-Vallejo MLÁ, Muñoz-Algarra M, Durán-Valle T, Pérez-Ayala A, Gómez-García-de-la-Pedrosa E, Del Carmen Martínez-Jiménez M, Sánchez-Castellano MÁ, Quiles-Melero I, Cuétara MS, Sánchez-García A, Muñoz P, Escribano P, Guinea J.

    Fluconazole-resistant Candida parapsilosis genotypes from hospitals located in five Spanish cities and one in Italy: Description of azole-resistance profiles associated with the Y132F ERG11p substitution.

    Mycoses . 67(3): . Number of citations: 13

    [doi:10.1111/myc.13706]

  • Fortún J, Gómez-García de la Pedrosa E, Martínez-Lorca A, Paredes P, Martín-Dávila P, Gómez-López A, Buitrago MJ, López-Jiménez J, Gioia F, Escudero R, Alvarez-Alvarez ME, Soriano C, Moreno-García J, San Miguel D, Vicente N, Moreno S.

    A Phase I/IIa Prospective, Randomized, Open-Label Study on the Safety and Efficacy of Nebulized Liposomal Amphotericin for Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis.

    JOURNAL OF FUNGI . 10(3): . Number of citations: 7

    [doi:10.3390/jof10030191]

  • Pascual S, Noble B, Ahmad-Saeed N, Aldridge C, Ambretti S, Amit S, Annett R, O'Shea SA, Barbui AM, Barlow G, Barrett L, Berth M, Bondi A, Boran N, Boyd SE, Chaves C, Clauss M, Davies P, Dianzo-Delgado IT, Esteban J, Fuchs S, Friis-Hansen L, Goldenberger D, Golle A, Groonroos JO, Hoffmann I, Hoffmann T, Hughes H, Ivanova M, Jezek P, Jones G, Ceren Karahan Z, Lass-Flörl C, Laurent F, Leach L, Horsbøll Pedersen ML, Loiez C, Lynch M, Maloney RJ, Marsh M, Milburn O, Mitchell S, Moore LSP, Moffat L, Murdjeva M, Murphy ME, Nayar D, Nigrisoli G, O'Sullivan F, Öz B, Peach T, Petridou C, Prinz M, Rak M, Reidy N, Rossolini GM, Roux AL, Ruiz-Garbajosa P, Saeed K, Salar-Vidal L, Salas Venero C, Selvaratnam M, Senneville E, Starzengruber P, Talbot B, Taylor V, Trebše R, Wearmouth D, Willinger B, Wouthuyzen-Bakker M, Couturier B, Allantaz F.

    Potential value of a rapid syndromic multiplex PCR for the diagnosis of native and prosthetic joint infections: a real-world evidence study.

    Journal Of Bone And Joint Infection . 9(1): 87-97. Number of citations: 12

    [doi:10.5194/jbji-9-87-2024]

  • Campos M, Galán JC, Rodríguez-Domínguez M, Sempere JM, Llorens C, Baquero F.

    Membrane computing simulation of sexually transmitted bacterial infections in hotspots of individuals with various risk behaviors.

    Microbiology spectrum . 12(2): . Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.1128/spectrum.02728-23]

  • Pérez-Viso B, Hernández-García M, Rodríguez CM, D Fernández-de-Bobadilla M, Serrano-Tomás MI, Sánchez-Díaz AM, Avendaño-Ortiz J, Coque TM, Ruiz-Garbajosa P, Del Campo R, Cantón R.

    A long-term survey of Serratia spp. bloodstream infections revealed an increase of antimicrobial resistance involving adult population.

    Microbiology spectrum . 12(2): . Number of citations: 13

    [doi:10.1128/spectrum.02762-23]

  • Rodríguez-Artalejo FJ, Ruiz-Galiana J, Cantón R, De Lucas Ramos P, García-Botella A, García-Lledó A, Hernández-Sampelayo T, Gómez-Pavón J, González Del Castillo J, Martín-Delgado MC, Martín Sánchez FJ, Martínez-Sellés M, Molero García JM, Moreno Guillén S, García de Viedma D, Bouza E.

    COVID-19: On the threshold of the fifth year. The situation in Spain.

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 37(1): 17-28. Number of citations: 2

    [doi:10.37201/req/123.2023]

  • Paniagua-García M, Bravo-Ferrer JM, Pérez-Galera S, Kostyanev T, de Kraker MEA, Feifel J, Palacios-Baena ZR, Schotsman J, Cantón R, Daikos GL, Carevic B, Dragovac G, Tan LK, Raka L, Hristea A, Viale P, Akova M, Cano Á, Reguera JM, Bartoloni A, Florescu SA, Benea S, Bukarica L, Asensio Á, Korten V, Grundmann H, Goossens H, Bonten MJ, Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez B, Rodríguez-Baño J.

    Attributable mortality of infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales: results from a prospective, multinational case-control-control matched cohorts study (EURECA).

    CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION . 30(2): 223-230. Number of citations: 34

    [doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2023.11.008]

  • Soriano-Martín A, Muñoz P, García-Rodríguez J, Cantón R, Vena A, Bassetti M, Bouza E.

    Unresolved issues in the diagnosis of catheter related candidemia: A position paper.

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 37(1): 1-16. Number of citations: 5

    [doi:10.37201/req/112.2023]

  • Rodríguez-Otero N, Fernández-Lozano C, Vicente-Santamaría S, Díaz-Montalvo L, Menéndez-Conde C, Sola-Martínez FJ.

    Rapid drug desensitization protocol in delayed hypersensitivity reactions to CFTR modulator drugs: When everyday counts.

    JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL ALLERGOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY . 34(5): 0-0. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.18176/jiaci.0982]

  • Mateos-Nozal J, Rodríguez-Domínguez M, San Román J, Candel FJ, Villarrubia N, Pérez-Panizo N, Segura E, Cuñarro JM, Ramírez-Arellano MVM, Rodríguez-Ramos R, Pariente-Rodríguez R, Villar LM, Ramos P, Cantón R, Cruz-Jentoft AJ, Galán JC.

    Factors Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Fully Vaccinated Nursing Home Residents and Workers.

    VIRUSES-BASEL . 16(2): .

    [doi:10.3390/v16020186]

  • Baquero F, Rodríguez-Beltrán J, Coque TM, Del Campo R.

    Boosting Fitness Costs Associated with Antibiotic Resistance in the Gut: On the Way to Biorestoration of Susceptible Populations.

    Biomolecules . 14(1): . Number of citations: 7

    [doi:10.3390/biom14010076]

  • Epalza C, Valadés-Alcaraz A, González-Alba JM, Beltrán-Pavez C, Gutiérrez-López M, Rubio-Garrido M, Fortuny C, Frick MA, Muñoz Medina L, Moreno S, Sanz J, Rojo P, Navarro ML, Holguín Á.

    Transmitted Drug Resistance and HIV Diversity Among Adolescents Newly Diagnosed With HIV in Spain.

    PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL . 43(1): 40-48. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000004138]

  • Oliver, Antonio, Rojo-Molinero, Estrella, Arca-Suarez, Jorge, Besli, Yesim, Bogaerts, Pierre, Canton, Rafael, Cimen, Cansu, Croughs, Peter D, Denis, Olivier, Giske, Christian G, Graells, Tiscar, Daniel Huang, Te-Din, Iorga, Bogdan I, Karatuna, Onur, Kocsis, Bela, Kronenberg, Andreas, Lopez-Causape, Carla, Malhotra-Kumar, Surbhi, Martinez, Luis Martinez, Mazzariol, Annarita, Meyer, Sylvain, Naas, Thierry, Notermans, Daan W, Oteo-Iglesias, Jesus, Pedersen, Torunn, Pirs, Mateja, Poeta, Patricia, Poirel, Laurent, Pournaras, Spyros, Sundsfjord, Arnfinn, Szabo, Dora, Tambic-Andrasevic, Arjana, Vatcheva-Dobrevska, Rossitza, Vitkauskiene, Astra, Jeannot, Katy.

    Pseudomonas aeruginosa antimicrobial susceptibility profiles, resistance mechanisms and international clonal lineages: update from ESGARS-ESCMID/ISARPAE Group.

    CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION . 30(4): 469-480. Number of citations: 72

    [doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2023.12.026]

  • Hernandez-Garcia, Marta, Cabello, Margarita, Ponce-Alonso, Manuel, Herrador-Gomez, Pedro M, Gioia, Francesca, Cobo, Javier, Canton, Rafael, Ruiz-Garbajosa, Patricia.

    First detection in Spain of NDM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in two patients transferred from Ukraine to a university hospital.

    JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE . 36: 105-111. Number of citations: 18

    [doi:10.1016/j.jgar.2023.12.022]

  • Alonso-Del Valle A, Toribio-Celestino L, Quirant A, Pi CT, DelaFuente J, Canton R, Rocha EPC, Ubeda C, Peña-Miller R, San Millan A.

    Antimicrobial resistance level and conjugation permissiveness shape plasmid distribution in clinical enterobacteria.

    PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . 120(51): . Number of citations: 25

    [doi:10.1073/pnas.2314135120]

  • Tunç MN, Guéneau V, Loux V, Del Campo R, Carballido Lopez R, Briandet R.

    Genome sequences of four colistin-resistant ESKAPE bacterial strains isolated from patients within the same hospital.

    Microbiology Resource Announcements . 13(1): 87423-87423.

    [doi:10.1128/mra.00874-23]