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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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  • Bou, German, Canton, Rafael, Martinez-Martinez, Luis, Navarro, David, Vila, Jordi.

    Fundamentals and implementation of Microbiological Diagnostic Stewardship Programs

    ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA . 39(5): 248-251. Number of citations: 2

    [doi:10.1016/j.eimc.2020.02.019]

  • Rubio-Garrido, Marina, Reina, Gabriel, Ndarabu, Adolphe, Rodriguez-Galet, Ana, Valades-Alcaraz, Ana, Barquin, David, Carlos, Silvia, Holguin, Africa.

    High drug resistance levels could compromise the control of HIV infection in paediatric and adolescent population in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Plos One . 16(4): . Number of citations: 4

    [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0248835]

  • Canton, Rafael.

    Current microbiological aspects of community respiratory infection beyond COVID-19

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 34(2): 81-92. Number of citations: 7

    [doi:10.37201/req/049.2021]

  • Ponce-Alonso, Manuel, Garcia-Fernandez, Sergio, del Campo, Rosa.

    Challenges of landscaping and modulation strategies in human intestinal microbiota

    ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA . 39(4): 165-167. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.1016/j.eimc.2021.02.001]

  • Kragh, Kasper Norskov, Gijon, Desiree, Maruri, Ainhize, Antonelli, Alberto, Coppi, Marco, Kolpen, Mette, Crone, Stephanie, Tellapragada, Chaitanya, Hasan, Badrul, Radmer, Stine, de Vogel, Corne, van Wamel, Willem, Verbon, Annelies, Giske, Christian G., Rossolini, Gian Maria, Canton, Rafael, Frimodt-Moller, Niels.

    Effective antimicrobial combination in vivo treatment predicted with microcalorimetry screening

    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy . 76(4): 1001-1009. Number of citations: 14

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dkaa543]

  • Diez-Aguilar, Maria, Hernandez-Garcia, Marta, Morosini, Maria-Isabel, Fluit, Ad, Tunney, Michael M., Huertas, Natalia, del Campo, Rosa, Obrecht, Daniel, Bernardini, Francesca, Ekkelenkamp, Miquel, Canton, Rafael.

    Murepavadin antimicrobial activity against and resistance development in cystic fibrosis Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates

    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy . 76(4): 984-992. Number of citations: 13

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dkaa529]

  • Ponce-Alonso, Manuel, Saez de la Fuente J, Rincon-Carlavilla, Angela, Moreno-Nunez, Paloma, Martinez-Garcia, Laura, Escudero-Sanchez, Rosa, Pintor, Rosario, Garcia-Fernandez, Sergio, Cobo, Javier.

    Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on nosocomial Clostridioides difficile infection

    INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY . 42(4): 406-410. Number of citations: 56

    [doi:10.1017/ice.2020.454]

  • Canton, Rafael, Huarte, Rafael, Morata, Laura, Trillo-Mata, Jose Luis, Muñoz R, Gonzalez, Javier, Tort, Marina, Badia, Xavier.

    Determining the burden of infectious diseases caused by carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria in Spain

    ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA . 39(4): 179-183. Number of citations: 9

    [doi:10.1016/j.eimc.2020.04.009]

  • van Hal, Sebastiaan J., Willems, Rob J. L., Gouliouris, Theodore, Ballard, Susan A., Coque, Teresa M., Hammerum, Anette M., Hegstad, Kristin, Westh, Hendrik T., Howden, Benjamin P., Malhotra-Kumar, Surbhi, Werner, Guido, Yanagihara, Katsunori, Earl, Ashlee M., Raven, Katherine E., Corander, Jukka, Bowden, Rory, Enterococcal Group.

    The global dissemination of hospital clones of Enterococcus faecium

    GENOME MEDICINE . 13(1): 52-52. Number of citations: 20

    [doi:10.1186/s13073-021-00868-0]

  • Rodriguez-Bano, Jesus, Rossolini, Gian Maria, Schultsz, Constance, Tacconelli, Evelina, Murthy, Srinivas, Ohmagari, Norio, Holmes, Alison, Bachmann, Till, Goossens, Herman, Canton, Rafael, Roberts, Adam P, Henriques-Normark, Birgitta, Clancy, Cornelius J, Huttner, Benedikt, Fagerstedt, Patriq, Lahiri, Shawon, Kaushic, Charu, Hoffman, Steven J, Warren, Margo, Zoubiane, Ghada, Essack, Sabiha, Laxminarayan, Ramanan, Plant, Laura.

    Key considerations on the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on antimicrobial resistance research and surveillance.

    TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE . 115(10): 1122-1129. Number of citations: 48

    [doi:10.1093/trstmh/trab048]

  • Baquero, Fernando, Coque, Teresa M., Galan, Juan Carlos, Martinez, Jose L..

    The Origin of Niches and Species in the Bacterial World

    FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY . 12: 657986-657986. Number of citations: 31

    [doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.657986]

  • Pöntinen AK, Top, Janetta, Arredondo-Alonso, Sergio, Tonkin-Hill, Gerry, Freitas, Ana R., Novais, Carla, Gladstone, Rebecca A., Pesonen, Maiju, Meneses, Rodrigo, Pesonen, Henri, Lees, John A., Jamrozy, Dorota, Bentley, Stephen D., Lanza, Val F., Torres, Carmen, Peixe, Luisa, Coque, Teresa M., Parkhill, Julian, Schurch, Anita C., Willems RJL, Corander, Jukka.

    Apparent nosocomial adaptation of Enterococcus faecalis predates the modern hospital era

    NATURE COMMUNICATIONS . 12(1): 1523-1523. Number of citations: 41

    [doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21749-5]

  • Aranaz-Andres, Jesus Maria, McGee-Laso, Amaranta, Galan, Juan Carlos, Canton, Rafael, Mira, Jose.

    Activities and Perceived Risk of Transmission and Spread of SARS-CoV-2 among Specialists and Residents in a Third Level University Hospital in Spain

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH . 18(6): . Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.3390/ijerph18062838]

  • Carrasco, Teresa, Barquin, David, Ndarabu, Adolphe, Fernandez-Alonso, Mirian, Rubio-Garrido, Marina, Carlos, Silvia, Makonda, Benit, Holguin, Africa, Reina, Gabriel.

    HCV Diagnosis and Sequencing Using Dried Blood Spots from Patients in Kinshasa (DRC): A Tool to Achieve WHO 2030 Targets

    DIAGNOSTICS . 11(3): . Number of citations: 4

    [doi:10.3390/diagnostics11030522]

  • Rodriguez-Bano, Jesus, Rossolini, Gian Maria, Schultsz, Constance, Tacconelli, Evelina, Murthy, Srinivas, Ohmagari, Norio, Holmes, Alison, Bachmann, Till, Goossens, Herman, Canton, Rafael, Roberts, Adam P, Henriques-Normark, Birgitta, Clancy, Cornelius J, Huttner, Benedikt, Fagerstedt, Patriq, Lahiri, Shawon, Kaushic, Charu, Hoffman, Steven J, Warren, Margo, Zoubiane, Ghada, Essack, Sabiha, Laxminarayan, Ramanan, Plant, Laura.

    Antimicrobial resistance research in a post-pandemic world: Insights on antimicrobial resistance research in the COVID-19 pandemic.

    JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE . 25: 5-7. Number of citations: 23

    [doi:10.1016/j.jgar.2021.02.013]

  • Bardi, Tommaso, Pintado, Vicente, Gomez-Rojo, Maria, Escudero-Sanchez, Rosa, Azzam Lopez, Amal, Diez-Remesal, Yolanda, Martinez Castro, Nilda, Ruiz-Garbajosa, Patricia, Pestaña D.

    Nosocomial infections associated to COVID-19 in the intensive care unit: clinical characteristics and outcome

    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES . 40(3): 495-502. Number of citations: 145

    [doi:10.1007/s10096-020-04142-w]

  • Serrano-Villar S, Talavera-Rodríguez A, Gosalbes MJ, Madrid N, Pérez-Molina JA, Elliott RJ, Navia B, Lanza VF, Vallejo A, Osman M, Dronda F, Budree S, Zamora J, Gutiérrez C, Manzano M, Vivancos MJ, Ron R, Martínez-Sanz J, Herrera S, Ansa U, Moya A, Moreno S.

    Fecal microbiota transplantation in HIV: A pilot placebo-controlled study

    NATURE COMMUNICATIONS . 12(1): 1139-1139. Number of citations: 34

    [doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21472-1]

  • Hernandez-Garcia, Marta, Garcia-Castillo, Maria, Garcia-Fernandez, Sergio, Lopez-Mendoza, Diego, Diaz-Reganon, Jazmin, Romano, Joao, Passaro, Leonor, Paixão L, Canton, Rafael.

    Presence of Chromosomal crpP-like Genes Is Not Always Associated with Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolates Recovered in ICU Patients from Portugal and Spain

    Microorganisms . 9(2): . Number of citations: 7

    [doi:10.3390/microorganisms9020388]