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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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  • Fonseca e Silva, Daniela, Andrade, Ferdinando F., Gomes, Rosario, Silva-Dias, Ana, Martins-Oliveira, Ines, Perez-Viso, Blanca, Ramos, Maria Helena, Rodrigues, Acacio G., Canton, Rafael, Pina-Vaz, Cidalia.

    Ultra-rapid flow cytometry assay for colistin MIC determination in Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii

    Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases . 26(11): . Number of citations: 7

    [doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2020.08.019]

  • Miqueleiz-Zapatero A, Alba-Rubio C, Domingo-García D, Cantón R, Gómez-García de la Pedrosa E, Aznar-Cano E, Leiva J, Montes M, Sánchez-Romero I, Rodríguez-Díaz JC, Alarcón-Cavero T, Grupo de Trabajo de Diagnóstico Microbiológico de Helicobacter pylori, Aragón, Principado de Asturias, Islas Baleares, Canarias, Cantabria, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Cataluña, Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Galicia, Comunidad de Madrid, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, País Vasco, La Rioja.

    First national survey of the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in Clinical Microbiology Laboratories in Spain

    ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA . 38(9): 410-416. Number of citations: 5

    [doi:10.1016/j.eimc.2019.11.008]

  • Moreno-Arrones, O M, Campo, R Del, Saceda-Corralo, D, Jimenez-Cauhe, J, Ponce-Alonso, M, Serrano-Villar, S, Jaen, P, Paoli, John, Vañó-Galván S.

    Folliculitis decalvans microbiological signature is specific for disease clinical phenotype.

    JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY . 85(5): 1355-1357. Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2020.10.073]

  • Rubio-Garrido, Marina, Gonzalez-Alba, Jose Maria, Reina, Gabriel, Ndarabu, Adolphe, Barquin, David, Carlos, Silvia, Galan, Juan Carlos, Holguin, Africa.

    Current and historic HIV-1 molecular epidemiology in paediatric and adult population from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS . 10(1): 18461-18461. Number of citations: 8

    [doi:10.1038/s41598-020-74558-z]

  • Beltran-Pavez, Carolina, Gutierrez-Lopez, Miguel, Rubio-Garrido, Marina, Valades-Alcaraz, Ana, Prieto, Luis, Ramos, Jose Tomas, Jimenez De Ory S, Navarro, Marisa, Diez-Romero, Cristina, Pulido, Federico, Valencia, Eulalia, Holguin, Africa, Madrid Cohort of HIV-Infected Children integrated in the Pediatric Branch of the.

    Virological outcome among HIV infected patients transferred from pediatric care to adult units in Madrid, Spain (1997-2017)

    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS . 10(1): 16891-16891. Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.1038/s41598-020-70861-x]

  • Pacios, Olga, Blasco, Lucia, Bleriot, Ines, Fernandez-Garcia, Laura, Ambroa, Anton, Lopez, Maria, Bou, German, Canton, Rafael, Garcia-Contreras, Rodolfo, Wood, Thomas K., Tomas, Maria.

    (p)ppGpp and Its Role in Bacterial Persistence: New Challenges

    ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY . 64(10): . Number of citations: 24

    [doi:10.1128/AAC.01288-20]

  • Mateos, Miriam, Hernandez-Garcia, Marta, Del Campo, Rosa, Martinez-Garcia, Laura, Gijon, Desiree, Morosini MI, Ruiz-Garbajosa, Patricia, Canton, Rafael.

    Emergence and Persistence over Time of Carbapenemase-ProducingEnterobacterIsolates in a Spanish University Hospital in Madrid, Spain (2005-2018)

    MICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE . 27(7): 895-903. Number of citations: 11

    [doi:10.1089/mdr.2020.0265]

  • Canton, Rafael, Gijon, Desiree, Ruiz-Garbajosa, Patricia.

    Antimicrobial resistance in ICUs: an update in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic

    CURRENT OPINION IN CRITICAL CARE . 26(5): 433-441. Number of citations: 57

    [doi:10.1097/MCC.0000000000000755]

  • Garcia-Caballero, A., Francisco CN, Martinez-Garcia, L., Lopez-Martinez, M. J., Corral-Corral, I., Gomez-Mampaso, E., Canton, R., Tato-Diez, M..

    Forty years of Tuberculous meningitis: The new face of an old enemy

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES . 99: 62-68. Number of citations: 2

    [doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.07.041]

  • de la Rosa Carrillo D, López-Campos JL, Alcázar Navarrete B, Calle Rubio M, Cantón Moreno R, García-Rivero JL, Máiz Carro L, Olveira Fuster C, Martínez-García MÁ, Comité Asesor del Documento, Comité Asesor del Documento de consenso sobre el diagnóstico y tratamiento de la.

    Consensus Document on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Bronchial Infection in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGIA . 56(10): 651-664. Number of citations: 38

    [doi:10.1016/j.arbres.2020.04.023]

  • Martins-Oliveira, Ines, Perez-Viso, Blanca, Quintas, Sofia, Silva-Dias, Ana, Gomes, Rosario, Rodrigues, Acacio G., Canton, Rafael, Pina-Vaz, Cidalia.

    Evaluation of ultra-rapid susceptibility testing of ceftolozane-tazobactam by a flow cytometry assay directly from positive blood cultures

    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES . 39(10): 1907-1914. Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.1007/s10096-020-03926-4]

  • Ortiz-Diez, Gustavo, Lopez, Raul, Sánchez-Díaz AM, Turrientes, Maria-Carmen, Baquero, Maria-Rosario, Luque, Ruth, Maroto, Alba, Fernandez, Cristina, Ayllon, Tania.

    Epidemiology of the colonization and acquisition of methicillin-resistant staphylococci and vancomycin-resistant enterococci in dogs hospitalized in a clinic veterinary hospital in Spain

    COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES . 72: 101501-101501. Number of citations: 4

    [doi:10.1016/j.cimid.2020.101501]

  • Fernandez-Nieto, D., Ortega-Quijano, D., Jimenez-Cauhe, J., Burgos-Blasco, P., de Perosanz-Lobo, D., Suarez-Valle, A., Cortes-Cuevas, J. L., Carretero, I., Garcia-Del Real, C., Fernandez-Guarino, M..

    Clinical and histological characterization of vesicular COVID-19 rashes: a prospective study in a tertiary care hospital

    CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY . 45(7): 872-875. Number of citations: 85

    [doi:10.1111/ced.14277]

  • Tellapragada, C., Hasan, B., Antonelli, A., Maruri, A., de Vogel, C., Gijon, D., Coppi, M., Verbon, A., van Wamel, W., Rossolini, G. M., Canton, R., Giske, C. G..

    Isothermal microcalorimetry minimal inhibitory concentration testing in extensively drug resistant Gram-negative bacilli: a multicentre study

    Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases . 26(10): . Number of citations: 12

    [doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2020.01.026]

  • Diaz-Garcia, Judith, Arendrup, Maiken C., Canton, Rafael, Garcia-Rodriguez, Julio, Gomez, Ana, Gomez, Elia, Orden, Beatriz, Parisi, Gabriella, Peman, Javier, Posteraro, Brunella, Sanguinetti, Maurizio, Da Matta DA, Colombo, Arnaldo L., Muñoz P, Sanchez-Carrillo, Carlos, Guinea, Jesus, Escribano, Pilar.

    Candidemia Candida albicans clusters have higher tendency to form biofilms than singleton genotypes

    Medical mycology . 58(7): 887-895. Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.1093/mmy/myaa002]

  • Ambroa, Anton, Blasco, Lucia, Lopez-Causape, Carla, Trastoy, Rocio, Fernandez-Garcia, Laura, Bleriot, Ines, Ponce-Alonso, Manuel, Pacios, Olga, Lopez, Maria, Canton, Rafael, Kidd, Timothy J., Bou, German, Oliver, Antonio, Tomas, Maria.

    Temperate Bacteriophages (Prophages) inPseudomonas aeruginosaIsolates Belonging to the International Cystic Fibrosis Clone (CC274)

    FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY . 11: 556706-556706. Number of citations: 13

    [doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.556706]

  • Pacios O, Blasco L, Bleriot I, Fernandez-Garcia L, Ambroa A, López M, Bou G, Cantón R, Garcia-Contreras R, Wood TK, Tomás M.

    (p)ppGpp and its role in bacterial persistence: New challenges.

    ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY . 64(10): .

    [doi:10.1128/AAC.01283-20]

  • Herencias, Cristina, Salgado-Briegas, Sergio, Prieto, Maria A., Nogales, Juan.

    Providing new insights on the biphasic lifestyle of the predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus through genome-scale metabolic modeling

    PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY . 16(9): . Number of citations: 6

    [doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007646]