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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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  • Hernandez-Garcia, Marta, Garcia-Fernandez, Sergio, Garcia-Castillo, Maria, Bou, German, Cercenado, Emilia, Delgado-Valverde, Mercedes, Mulet, Xavier, Pitart, Cristina, Rodriguez-Lozano, Jesus, Tormo, Nuria, Lopez-Mendoza, Diego, Diaz-Reganon, Jazmin, Canton, Rafael.

    WGS characterization of MDR Enterobacterales with different ceftolozane/tazobactam susceptibility profiles during the SUPERIOR surveillance study in Spain.

    Jac-Antimicrobial Resistance . 2(4): 84-84. Number of citations: 7

    [doi:10.1093/jacamr/dlaa084]

  • Javier Candel, Francisco, Barreiro, Pablo, San Roman, Jesus, Carlos Abanades, Juan, Barba, Raquel, Barberan, Jose, Bibiano, Carlos, Canora, Jesus, Canton, Rafael, Calvo, Cristina, Carretero, Mar, Cava, Fernando, Delgado, Rafael, Garcia-Rodriguez, Julio, Gonzalez del Castillo, Juan, Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, Cristina, Hernandez, Montserrat, Emilio Losa, Juan, Javier Martinez-Peromingo, Francisco, Maria Molero, Jose, Munoz, Patricia, Onecha, Elena, Onoda, Mamiko, Rodriguez, Juan, Sanchez-Celaya, Marta, Antonio Serra, Jose, Zapatero, Antonio.

    Recommendations for use of antigenic tests in the diagnosis of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in the second pandemic wave: attitude in different clinical settings

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 33(6): 466-484. Number of citations: 49

    [doi:10.37201/req/120.2020]

  • Obermeier, Martin, Pacenti, Monia, Ehret, Robert, Onelia, Francesco, Gunson, Rory, Goldstein, Emily, Chevaliez, Stephane, Vilas, Alba, Glass, Allison, Maree, Leana, Krugel, Maria, Knechten, Heribert, Braun, Patrick, Naeth, Gudrun, Azzato, Francesca, Lucic, Danijela, Marlowe, Natalia, Palm, Michael John, Pfeifer, Karin, Reinhardt, Birgit, Dhein, Jens, Joseph, Ajith Mathew, Martinez-Garcia, Laura, Galan, Juan-Carlos.

    Improved molecular laboratory productivity by consolidation of testing on the new random-access analyzer Alinity m

    Journal of Laboratory Medicine . 44(6): 319-328. Number of citations: 6

    [doi:10.1515/labmed-2020-0102]

  • Garcia-Clemente, Marta, de la Rosa, David, Maiz, Luis, Giron, Rosa, Blanco, Marina, Olveira, Casilda, Canton, Rafael, Martinez-García MA.

    Impact of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection on Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Airway Diseases

    Journal Of Clinical Medicine . 9(12): . Number of citations: 52

    [doi:10.3390/jcm9123800]

  • Gioia, Francesca, Gomez-Lopez, Alicia, Alvarez ME, Gomez-Garcia de la Pedrosa, Elia, Martin-Davila, Pilar, Cuenca-Estrella, Manuel, Moreno, Santiago, Fortun, Jesus.

    Pharmacokinetics of echinocandins in suspected candida peritonitis: A potential risk for resistance

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES . 101: 24-28. Number of citations: 11

    [doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.019]

  • de Salazar, Adolfo, Aguilera, Antonio, Trastoy, Rocio, Fuentes, Ana, Alados JC, Causse, Manuel, Galan JC, Moreno, Antonio, Trigo, Matilde, Perez-Ruiz, Mercedes, Roldan, Carolina, Jose Pena, Maria, Bernal, Samuel, Serrano-Conde, Esther, Barbeito, Gema, Torres, Eva, Riazzo, Cristina, Cortes-Cuevas JL, Chueca, Natalia, Coira, Amparo, Sanchez-Calvo JM, Marfil, Eduardo, Becerra, Federico, Gude MJ, Pallares, Angeles, Perez Del Molino, Maria Luisa, Garcia, Federico.

    Sample pooling for SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR screening

    Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases . 26(12): . Number of citations: 28

    [doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2020.09.008]

  • Moreno Mochi, P., Vargas, J. M., Vivaldo, S., Bottiglieri, M., Lopez, C., Mochi, S., Cobos, M., Castillo, M., del Campo, R., Jure, M. A..

    Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from different population groups in Argentina

    JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE . 23: 82-86. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.1016/j.jgar.2020.07.016]

  • Norman, Francesca F., Chamorro-Tojeiro, Sandra, Crespillo-Andujar, Clara, Comeche, Belen, de Dios Caballero, Juan, Lopez-Velez, Rogelio.

    Travel-related fever in the time of COVID-19 travel restrictions

    JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE . 27(8): . Number of citations: 2

    [doi:10.1093/jtm/taaa104]

  • García-Hoz C, Crespo L, Lopez N, de Andrés A, Ríos León R, Santón A, Garriga M, Butz E, León F, Roy Ariño G.

    The Intracellular Intensity of CD3 on Aberrant Intraepithelial Lymphocytes Is a Prognostic Factor of the Progression to Overt Lymphoma in Refractory Celiac Disease Type II (Pre-Enteropathy-Associated T Cell Lymphoma)

    DIGESTIVE DISEASES . 38(6): 490-499. Number of citations: 4

    [doi:10.1159/000506305]

  • Martin-Gutierrez, Guillermo, Docobo-Perez, Fernando, Rodriguez-Martinez, Jose Manuel, Pascual, Alvaro, Blazquez, Jesus, Rodriguez-Beltran, Jeronimo.

    Detection of Low-Level Fosfomycin-Resistant Variants by Decreasing Glucose-6-Phosphate Concentration in Fosfomycin Susceptibility Determination

    ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL . 9(11): . Number of citations: 4

    [doi:10.3390/antibiotics9110802]

  • Lopez-Neyra, Alejandro, Suarez, Lucretia, Munoz, Marta, de Blas, Ana, Ruiz de Valbuena M, Garriga, Maria, Calvo, Joaquim, Ribes, Carmen, Giron Moreno R, Maiz, Luis, Gonzalez, David, Bousono, Carlos, Manzanares, Javier, Pastor, Oscar, Martinez-Botas, Javier, del Campo, Rosa, Canton, Rafael, Roy, Garbine, Menacho, Miriam, Arroyo, David, Zamora, Javier, Soriano, Joan B., Lamas, Adelaida.

    Long-term docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation in cystic fibrosis patients: a randomized, multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    PROSTAGLANDINS LEUKOTRIENES AND ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS . 162: 102186-102186. Number of citations: 7

    [doi:10.1016/j.plefa.2020.102186]

  • 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]