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

    Vacunación anti-COVID-19: La realidad tras los ensayos clínicos.

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 34(5): 408-418. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.37201/req/035.2021]

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

    New variants of SARS-CoV-2.

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 34(5): 419-428. Number of citations: 35

    [doi:10.37201/req/071.2021]

  • Goldstein, E, Martinez-Garcia, L, Obermeier, M, Glass, A, Krugel, M, Maree, L, Gunson, R, Onelia, F, Pacenti, M, Nelson, KS, Joseph, AM, Palm, MJ, Lucic, D, Marlowe, N, Dhein, J, Reinhardt, B, Pfeifer, K, Galan, JC, Azzato, F.

    Simultaneous identification of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma genitalium, and Trichomonas vaginalis. multicenter evaluation of the Alinity m STI assay

    Journal of Laboratory Medicine . 45(4-5): 213-223. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.1515/labmed-2020-0136]

  • Fluit AC, Bayjanov JR, Aguilar MD, Cantón R, Tunney MM, Elborn JS, van Westreenen M, Ekkelenkamp MB.

    Characterization of clinical Ralstonia strains and their taxonomic position

    ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY . 114(10): 1721-1733. Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.1007/s10482-021-01637-0]

  • Barquín D, Ndarabu A, Carlos S, Fernández-Alonso M, Rubio-Garrido M, Makonda B, Holguín Á, Reina G.

    HIV-1 diagnosis using dried blood spots from patients in Kinshasa, DRC: a tool to detect misdiagnosis and achieve World Health Organization 2030 targets

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES . 111: 253-260. Number of citations: 2

    [doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2021.08.035]

  • Silva-Dias A, Pérez-Viso B, Martins-Oliveira I, Gomes R, Rodrigues AG, Cantón R, Pina-Vaz C.

    Evaluation of FASTinov Ultrarapid Flow Cytometry Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Directly from Positive Blood Cultures

    JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY . 59(10): . Number of citations: 4

    [doi:10.1128/JCM.00544-21]

  • Díez-Aguilar M, Ekkelenkamp M, Morosini MI, Huertas N, del Campo R, Zamora J, Fluit AC, Tunney MM, Obrecht D, Bernardini F, Cantón R.

    Anti-biofilm activity of murepavadin against cystic fibrosis Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates

    JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY . 76(10): 2578-2585. Number of citations: 4

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dkab222]

  • Troyano-Hernaez, Paloma, Reinosa, Roberto, Burgos, Maria Concepcion, Holguin, Africa.

    Update in Natural Antiretroviral Resistance-Associated Mutations Among HIV Type 2 Variants and Discrepancies Across HIV Type 2 Resistance Interpretation Tools

    AIDS RESEARCH AND HUMAN RETROVIRUSES . 37(10): 793-795. Number of citations: 2

    [doi:10.1089/aid.2020.0180]

  • Ruiz-Garbajosa P, Cantón R.

    COVID-19: Impact on prescribing and antimicrobial resistance.

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 34 Suppl 1: 63-68. Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.37201/req/s01.19.2021]

  • Antequera A, Lopez-Alcalde J, Stallings E, Muriel A, Fernández Félix B, del Campo R, Ponce-Alonso M, Fidalgo P, Halperin AV, Madrid-Pascual O, Álvarez-Díaz N, Solà I, Gordo F, Urrutia G, Zamora J.

    Sex as a prognostic factor for mortality in critically ill adults with sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    BMJ open . 11(9): . Number of citations: 2

    [doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048982]

  • Rebelo, Andreia, Mourão J, Freitas, Ana R., Duarte, Barbara, Silveira, Eduarda, Sanchez-Valenzuela, Antonio, Almeida, Agostinho, Baquero, Fernando, Coque, Teresa M., Peixe, Luisa, Antunes, Patricia, Novais, Carla, from the ESCMID Study Group on Food- and Water-borne Infections (EFWISG).

    Diversity of metal and antibiotic resistance genes in Enterococcus spp. from the last century reflects multiple pollution and genetic exchange among phyla from overlapping ecosystems

    SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT . 787: 147548-147548. Number of citations: 9

    [doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147548]

  • Campos M, Sempere JM, Galán JC, Moya A, Llorens C, de-Los-Angeles C, Baquero-Artigao F, Cantón R, Baquero F.

    Simulating the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions limiting transmission in COVID-19 epidemics using a membrane computing model.

    Microlife . 2: 11-11. Number of citations: 2

    [doi:10.1093/femsml/uqab011]

  • Sánchez-López J, Cortés-Cuevas JL, Díez-Aguilar M, López-Causapé C, Cantón R, Morosini MI.

    Evaluation of Rapid Polymyxin Pseudomonas test in clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates with various degrees of multidrug resistance.

    Jac-Antimicrobial Resistance . 3(3): .

    [doi:10.1093/jacamr/dlab104]

  • Ponce-Alonso M, Fernández-Félix BM, Halperin A, Rodríguez-Domínguez M, Sánchez-Díaz AM, Cantón R, Muriel A, Zamora J, Campo RD.

    Propensity-Score Analysis Reveals that Sex is Not a Prognostic Factor for Mortality in Intensive Care Unit-Admitted Patients with Septic Bacteremia

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES . 110: 36-44. Number of citations: 2

    [doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2021.07.034]

  • Garcia-Romero, Ruth, Martinez de Zabarte Fernandez, Jose Miguel, Pujol-Muncunill, Gemma, Donat-Aliaga, Ester, Segarra-Canton, Oscar, Irastorza-Terradillos, Inaki, Medina-Benitez, Enrique, Ruiz-Hernandez, Carlos Jose, Carrillo-Palau, Marta, Ros-Arnal, Ignacio, Rodriguez-Martinez, Alejandro, Escartin-Madurga, Laura, Gutierrez-Junquera, Carolina, Vicente-Santamaria, Saioa, Velasco Rodriguez-Belvis, Marta, Fernandez-Fernandez, Sonia, Alberto-Alonso, Jose Ramon, Montraveta, Montserrat, Torres-Peral, Ricardo, Navalon-Rubio, Maria, Navas-Lopez, Victor Manuel, Martin de Carpi, Javier.

    Safety and effectiveness of vedolizumab in paediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease: an observational multicentre Spanish study

    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS . 180(9): 3029-3038. Number of citations: 10

    [doi:10.1007/s00431-021-04063-6]

  • Hernández-García M, García-Fernández S, García-Castillo M, Pássaro L, Cantón R, STEP study group.

    In vitro characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa recovered in Portugal from low respiratory tract infections in ICU patients (STEP Study)

    FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS . 368(15): .

    [doi:10.1093/femsle/fnab099]

  • Ferrer R, Soriano A, Cantón R, Del Pozo JL, García-Vidal C, Garnacho-Montero J, Larrosa N, Rascado P, Salavert M, Pintado V, Pellicer B, Badía X.

    Revisión sistemática de la literatura y análisis de expertos sobre los factores de riesgo asociados a infecciones causadas por Pseudomonas aeruginosa o Acinetobacter baumannii resistentes a carbapenémicos en pacientes adultos en España.

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 34(4): 298-307. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.37201/req/034.2021]

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

    Síndrome post-COVID: Un documento de reflexión y opinión.

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 34(4): 269-279. Number of citations: 7

    [doi:10.37201/req/023.2021]